Waltham Gateway Academy
Waltham Gateway Academy is a free school in Grimsby for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 36 pupils and room for 210. About 33 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit more than at most schools.
Sunningdale, Grimsby, DN37 0UG01472 502256walthamgatewayacademy.co.ukLindsay Holness headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2025: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
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 (23 offers for 25 places).
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Specialist SEND provision. Resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) with 4 pupils, for social, emotional and mental health.
To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in North East Lincolnshire with social, emotional and mental health provision.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Moderate learning difficulty (3), Autistic spectrum disorder (1), Physical disability (1), Specific learning difficulty (1), language and communications needs (1).
Staff
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025.
The area around the school
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.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waltham Leas Primary Academy | Academy | 830 m | 401 | Good 2023 | 56 | Compare |
| Springfield Primary Academy | Academy | 1.0 miles | 368 | Good 2023 | 79 | Compare |
| Fairfield Academy | Academy | 1.3 miles | 297 | Good 2022 | 54 | Compare |
| Scartho Gateway Academy | Free school | 1.7 miles | 92 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Scartho Infants' School and Nursery | Academy | 2.0 miles | 142 | Requires improvement 2022 | 1 | Compare |
| Scartho Junior Academy | Academy | 2.0 miles | 233 | Good 2024 | 80 | Compare |
| Woodlands Academy | Academy | 2.0 miles | 313 | No overall grade 2025 | 90 | Compare |
| New Waltham Academy | Academy | 2.1 miles | 376 | Good 2022 | 85 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Waltham Gateway Academy a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Waltham Gateway Academy yet.
How many pupils does Waltham Gateway Academy have?
36 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 210 places, so it is 17% full.
How big are the classes at Waltham Gateway Academy?
The average class had 8.0 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
Does Waltham Gateway Academy have specialist SEND provision?
Yes. It has resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) for social, emotional and mental health. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Sunningdale, Grimsby, DN37 0UG
- Telephone
- 01472 502256
- Website
- www.walthamgatewayacademy.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Lindsay Holness
- Type of school
- Free school (Free schools, free schools)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 4-11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Multi-academy trust
- Lincolnshire Gateway Academies Trust (11 schools)
- Local authority
- North East Lincolnshire
- Ward
- Waltham
- Constituency
- Brigg and Immingham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2025 (academy free school)
- URN
- 151703 · LAESTAB 8122017 · UKPRN 10098693
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Admissions outcomes: North East Lincolnshire council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2025, 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.