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Primary school in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire

Queen Mary Avenue Infant School

Queen Mary Avenue, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, DN35 7SY

Ofsted Good · 2024
School website 01472230230

Ofsted

Goodas at 2 July 2024

Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 2 July 2024.

Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.

Read the Ofsted report

Pupils

Pupils on roll
276
Places
335
How full
82% full — 276 of 335 places taken
Girls / boys
132 / 144
Overall absence
6%

primary schools average 5.2%

Persistently absent
21%

primary schools average 12.8% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
60%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
9%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
8%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
16%

England 15%

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for North East Lincolnshire 005A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
17%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
24%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
51%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
7%

England 17%

Households with no car
34%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
36%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
Ages
Ages 3–7
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Sixth form
No
Nursery
Yes
Boarding
Day school
Headteacher
Headteacher: Melanie Castle
Ward
Sidney Sussex
Constituency
Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
URN
117733

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest primary schools

SchoolOfstedExpected standardDistance
William Barcroft Junior SchoolAcademy converter No grade 74% 0.1 mi
Elliston Primary AcademyAcademy converter No grade 72% 0.3 mi
Old Clee Primary AcademyAcademy converter Good 2023 74% 0.4 mi
Reynolds Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 63% 0.5 mi
Bursar Primary AcademyAcademy converter Good 2023 65% 0.6 mi
Weelsby AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2022 75% 0.7 mi
Saint Mary's Catholic Voluntary AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2024 41% 0.8 mi
Edward Heneage Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 77% 0.9 mi

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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