Primary
Poplar Farm School
Helmsley Road, Grantham, NG31 8XF
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 414 of 420 places
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Trust
- COMMUNITY INCLUSIVE TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
63%
104.0
6th of 28 by our score, among the primary schools in Grantham we can score - 31 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 102 |
| Average reading score | 104 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 63% |
| Working at a higher standard | 8% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Helmsley Road, Grantham, NG31 8XF
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Lincolnshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Kate Hodson
- Address
- Helmsley Road, Grantham, NG31 8XF
- Telephone
- 01476850680
Other primary schools nearby
- The Gonerby Hill Foot Church of England Primary School6.7/10
- The St Sebastian's Church of England Primary School, Great Gonerby5.6/10
- The Isaac Newton Primary School5.4/10
- Cliffedale Primary School6.0/10
- St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary School4.3/10
- Barrowby Church of England Primary School8.1/10