Huntingtower Academy

{{Short description|Non-denominational, mixed primary academy in Grantham, South Kesteven, Lincolnshire}}

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| name = Huntingtower Community Primary Academy

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| type = Academy

| trust = Priory Federation of Academies

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| head_label = Headteacher

| head = Emma Harkins

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| address = Huntingtower Road

| town = Grantham

| county = Lincolnshire

| country = England

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| local_authority = Lincolnshire

| urn = 139618

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| gender = Co-educational

| lower_age = 4

| upper_age = 11

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| website = {{url|https://www.huntingtowerprimary.co.uk/}}

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Huntingtower Community Primary Academy (formerly Huntingtower Road Primary School) is a non-denominational, mixed primary academy in Grantham, South Kesteven, Lincolnshire. Opened in 1914,{{cite web|title=Our Academy|url=https://www.huntingtowerprimary.co.uk|website=www.huntingtowerprimary.co.uk|publisher=Huntingtower CP Academy}} the school, located on Huntingtower Road, educates 388 pupils, aged 4 to 11.{{cite web|title=Huntingtower Community Primary Academy - GOV.UK|url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/139618|website=get-information-schools.service.gov.uk|access-date=1 May 2018|language=en}} It gained academy status in 2013. The school curriculum was rated good in the 2016 Ofsted inspection.{{cite web|title=Huntingtower Community Primary Academy|publisher=Ofsted|language=en|date=21 June 2016|url=http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk}}

Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was a pupil at the school between 1930 and 1936,{{cite web|title=1925-43 Grantham: Primary School Register (first & last attendance)|url=https://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/110594|publisher=Margaret Thatcher Foundation|access-date=1 May 2018|date=3 September 1930}} before winning a scholarship to attend the local grammar school, Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School.{{cite book |last=Beckett |first=Clare |year=2006 |title=The 20 British Prime Ministers of the 20th Century: Thatcher |page=5 |url={{Google books|QeIHpjNolKAC|plainurl=yes}} |publisher=Haus Publishing |isbn=978-1-904950-71-4}}