The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy
Heapham Road, Gainsborough, DN21 1SW
231 pupils · 128% of 180 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 0–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- HILLCREST EARLY YEARS ACADEMY LIMITED
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Free school meals
- 48.4%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
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 29 April 2025, published 8 June 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1 first-choice application per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 38 | 38 | 70 | 38 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 41 | 39 | 66 | 41 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 37 | 37 | 58 | 37 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 56 | 55 | 80 | 56 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 46 | 46 | 71 | 46 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 48 | 48 | 71 | 48 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 56 | 53 | 86 | 56 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 56 | 54 | 89 | 55 |
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
- White's Wood Academy 0.1 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School 0.2 km · No overall grade (2025)
- St George's Church of England Community Primary School, Gainsborough 0.9 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Benjamin Adlard Primary School 1.2 km · Most areas: Strong standard (2026)
- The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School 1.3 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Castle Wood Academy 1.4 km · Good (2024) · previous system
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.