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St Peter's CofE Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedAcademyChurch of England149 pupils Free breakfast clubCleethorpesNorth East Lincolnshire
School Chooser Score
5
Well below
similar schools
Likely range 2 to 13
Out of 100. Better than 15% of the 50 schools most like it. Slipping year on year.
OfstedReport cardOfsted report card, February 2026
Reached the expected level at 1150%England 63%
Attendance92.1%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families50%Far more than most schools
Places61 spare149 pupils, 210 places
Pupils per teacher16.9School workforce census

St Peter's CofE Primary School is a converter academy in Cleethorpes for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 149 pupils and room for 210. About 50 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. We give it 5 out of 100. That puts it well below schools like it, ahead of 15% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted visited in February 2026 and gave it a report card, which is below.

Cambridge Street, Cleethorpes, DN35 8LW01472 691964stpetersacademy.co.ukMiss Ann-Marie Wilson headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted visited on 24 February 2026. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.

SafeguardingAre pupils kept safe?
Pupils are kept safe
Met
Ofsted's scale:ExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement

Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.

Earlier inspections (1)
DateTypeOutcome
1 April 2025S5 InspectionNot judged

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

28 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England.

Reached the expected level at 1150%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level0%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score101.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score101.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 50%50%20172018: 67%67%20182019: 50%50%20192023: 54%54%20232024: 45%45%20242025: 50%50%2025
Since 2017: +0%Declining overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017North East LincolnshireEngland
Pupils tested282028203030
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths50%45%54%50%67%50%65%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths0%0%7%10%3%3%8%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score101.098.0103.0104.0105.0101.0104.7105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score101.0101.0102.0104.0102.0100.0104.7104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score101.0102.0105.0105.0105.0103.0103.8105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard64%45%64%70%73%63%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard64%65%68%60%70%57%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)79%85%75%75%83%77%
Reading progressReading progress score-3.5+0.6+1.5-1.0
Maths progressMaths progress score-3.1-0.7+0.5-1.6
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged47%36%50%33%60%55%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged55%67%57%75%80%40%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. 2 of the 3 gaps are smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
47%55%
Gap 8 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
53%44%
Gap 9 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
0%0%
No gapEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published. As a Church of England school it may put families of that faith first. Check the school's own admissions rules.

A few spare places179 pupils for 210 places, 2024/25
85% full

About 31 places were empty, so most families who apply get in, though a popular year group can still fill up. Pupil numbers have fallen by 3% since 2021/22, so places are getting easier to find.

Will my child get a place?

In 2026 every child who applied got a place, so how far away you live didn't matter. That could change if the school gets more popular.

We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.

How places were given out for September 2026. Every child who applied got a place (12 offers for 30 places).

EntryPlacesApplied at allGot a placeHow far the last child livedSource
2026 Primary302012all offeredLA
2025 Primary302214all offeredLA

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll149Census January 2026
Places21071% full
Pupils from low-income families50%50% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English7%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support9%13 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan5%7 pupils with a plan
Average class size21.37 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils0%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)48%£116,250 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls66 / 83
White British pupils75%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 18.7 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 23.3 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (8), language and communications needs (5), Specific learning difficulty (4), Hearing impairment (1), Moderate learning difficulty (1), Other difficulty or disability (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll149175172180189201
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals50%52%52%43%38%33%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language7%8%12%4%5%8%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support11%15%17%18%14%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans3%4%4%3%3%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 92.1% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance92.1%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school30.1%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils10.32024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission4.2%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence7.9%6.6%6.2%6.4%4.4%4.9%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence3.7%1.6%2.0%2.6%2.2%1.5%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence4.2%5.0%4.1%3.8%2.2%3.4%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence30.1%24.7%18.8%26.2%12.5%11.1%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate10.31.21.10.00.5
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00000

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers8.8full-time equivalent, 9 people
Pupils per teacher16.9Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants7.8full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£49,685
Teachers who left in the year0%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher10.52024/25

Money

From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£6,994England £7,128. Total £1.2m
Income per pupil£7,549England £7,587. Total £1.3m
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,646England £3,405
Money in reserve12%A healthy amount put by: £161k, £921 per pupil. England 9%
Money in against money out+£97kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£6,994spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m1,31412 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate194 per 1,000 people113% higher than the England average
Typical house price£164,950North East Lincolnshire
Nearest bus stop60 mElm Road, 25 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Thrunscoe Primary and Nursery AcademyAcademy510 m307No overall grade 202563Compare
Reynolds Primary AcademyAcademy840 m338No overall grade 20247Compare
Signhills Infant AcademyAcademy0.8 miles201Good 202269Compare
Signhills AcademyAcademy0.8 miles344Good 202367Compare
Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary Voluntary AcademyAcademy0.9 miles61Report card 20251Compare
Bursar Primary AcademyAcademy0.9 miles293Good 202365Compare
Elliston Primary AcademyAcademy0.9 miles341Not inspected64Compare
Queen Mary Avenue Infant SchoolCouncil1.0 miles276Good 202423Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares St Peter's CofE Primary School with the 48 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 48 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats15%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the bottom quarter of its group. Its score of 5 is 28 points below the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 1 · middle 33 · highest 88100

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 5 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 5% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 2 to 13. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%below
-0.28
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 28 pupils
Ofsted inspection0%no data
Ofsted report card, 0.6 years old
Progress pupils make20%below
-0.21
DfE progress measure; 28 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%well below
-0.15
results and attendance falling year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%well below
-0.26
2024/25; 153 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%below
-0.06
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 28 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is St Peter's CofE Primary School a good school?

The figures are weak. St Peter's CofE Primary School scores 5 out of 100. That is well below schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 15% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 2 to 13, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been slipping over the last five years.

What is St Peter's CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 24 February 2026 it rated .

How good are St Peter's CofE Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 50% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 0% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does St Peter's CofE Primary School have?

149 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 210 places, so it is 71% full.

Is St Peter's CofE Primary School oversubscribed?

Probably not. 31 places were empty in 2024/25 (15% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.

What is attendance like at St Peter's CofE Primary School?

Pupils were in school 92.1% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 30% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at St Peter's CofE Primary School?

The average class had 21.3 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.

Does St Peter's CofE Primary School have a breakfast club?

Yes. It is on the government's free breakfast club programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Cambridge Street, Cleethorpes, DN35 8LW
Telephone
01472 691964
Website
www.stpetersacademy.co.uk
Headteacher
Miss Ann-Marie Wilson
Free breakfast club
Yes: on the government's programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school (listed since September 2026).
Type of school
Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England, Diocese of Lincoln
Multi-academy trust
Lincoln Anglican Academy Trust (24 schools)
Local authority
North East Lincolnshire
Ward
Croft Baker
Constituency
Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 September 2016 (academy converter)
URN
143281 · LAESTAB 8123059 · UKPRN 10057794
Formerly
St Peter's CofE Primary School

Where these figures come from