The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy

State-Funded School

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East MidlandsRegion

LincolnshireLocal Authority

GainsboroughConstituency

DN21 1SWPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 0–7, located in Lincolnshire, East Midlands.

It currently serves 231 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

No DfE attainment data is published for this school — usually because the cohort is too small to report without identifying pupils.

Ethnicity

White

91%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Pupils

231

Total Pupils

56%Boys

44%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

33%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 0 – 7
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 231
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
8 Jun 2025	Good	Good	Good	Good	Not judged
5 Nov 2014	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.