Rated on Ofsted and the parent survey. Infant schools sit no SATs.
Infant schools stop at Year 2, so children here move to a junior school for Year 3.
You apply for a Year 3 place, at a junior school or a primary school with room, through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2.
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 29 April 2025
Infant schools do not sit SATs, and no Year 2 results are published for schools, so there are no exam results for The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy.
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Ofsted’s survey of parents at this school
100%
of parents would recommend this school to another parent
17 responses up to 1 September 2025 · 8% response rate
My child is happy at this school.
100% agreeMy child feels safe at this school.
100% agreeThe school makes sure its pupils are well behaved.
100% agreeMy child has been bullied and the school dealt with the bullying quickly and effectively.
50% agreeThe school makes me aware of what my child will learn during the year.
94% agreeThe Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy's last overall grade from Ofsted was Outstanding, on 8 October 2014. Ofsted inspected it again on 29 April 2025 without giving an overall grade, as single-word grades ended in September 2024.
The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy is an infant school, so children move to a junior school, or a primary school with room, for Year 3. You apply through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2.
No. Distance only counts when The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by its academy trust, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy had 221 pupils at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 180. It is a mixed school.
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