Poplar Farm School
Helmsley Road, Grantham, NG31 8XF
414 pupils · 99% of 420 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- COMMUNITY INCLUSIVE TRUST
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Free school meals
- 17.9%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 24 January 2023, published 9 March 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 63% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 8% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.96 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 50 | 48 | 97 | 50 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 54 | 48 | 104 | 54 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 60 | 64 | 107 | 60 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 58 | 52 | 98 | 58 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 60 | 74 | 109 | 60 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 58 | 76 | 138 | 58 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 56 | 49 | 106 | 56 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 60 | 58 | 118 | 60 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- The Gonerby Hill Foot Church of England Primary School 0.7 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- The St Sebastian's Church of England Primary School, Great Gonerby 1.3 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- The Isaac Newton Primary School 1.5 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Cliffedale Primary School 1.5 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary School 1.8 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Barrowby Church of England Primary School 1.9 km · No overall grade (2024)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.