The Harlaxton Church of England Primary School

About The Harlaxton Church of England Primary School

The Harlaxton Church of England Primary School sits within the Lincolnshire local authority, a mixed state primary for children aged 4 to 11 in the South Kesteven borough. In the local landscape of primary schools, it ranks 28th out of 48 schools in South Kesteven, placing it in the bottom half of its immediate area. Among its top-performing peers in the same authority are Quadring Cowley & Brown's Primary School, Deeping St Nicholas Primary School, and The Tydd St Mary Church of England Primary School, which all score higher on the same ranking metric. The school is a Church of England foundation, led by headteacher Sheriden Edwards, and has a capacity of 210 pupils, with 171 currently on roll. Its most recent Ofsted inspection, carried out in November 2023, rated the school Good overall, with Good marks across all categories including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This is consistent with its previous inspection in 2013, which also rated it Good overall, with leadership and management judged Outstanding at that time.

Academically, the school's Key Stage 2 results for the 2023/24 academic year show that 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. This is slightly above the Lincolnshire local authority average of 57%. In individual subjects, 72% reached the expected standard in reading, 72% in writing, and 66% in maths. At the higher standard, 14% of pupils achieved the higher benchmark across all three subjects, with 24% reaching that level in reading, 17% in writing, and 21% in maths. Average scaled scores were 105 in reading and 104 in maths. Nationally, the school ranks 8,139th out of 13,686 primary schools, placing it in the 59th percentile, while within the East Midlands it ranks 751st out of 1,353. The school has no sixth form and no nursery provision, and its Progress 8 scores for reading, writing and maths are not available in the data.

The school offers a range of facilities including an ICT suite, sensory room, art studios, music rooms, playing fields and a chapel. Sports on offer include football, dance, rounders, cricket and gymnastics, while clubs include gardening, book club and chess. The school has a strong SEND focus, with provisions for specific learning difficulties including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, visual impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. For the 2025/26 admissions cycle, the school was oversubscribed, with 45 applications for 23 places and 20 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.96. The nearest Outstanding-rated primary school is Denton CofE School, 1.9 km away. This school would suit families in the South Kesteven area looking for a Church of England primary with a broad SEND offer and a range of extracurricular activities, though it is not among the highest-performing in the local authority.

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