SF School Facts UK

Primary school in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire

Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy

Philip Avenue, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, DN35 9DL

Roman Catholic
School website 01472690672
Ofsted Report card December 2025
Met the expected standard 38% in the bottom 10% nationally
Pupils 61 27% full
Local deprivation 3/10 more deprived

Ofsted

Report card9 December 2025

Ofsted report card published, on 9 December 2025.

The report card grades separate areas of the school's work. Ofsted does not combine them into one overall judgement.

Category of concern: RSI

Read the Ofsted report

Current published outcome
Report card — no overall grade
Last overall grade in this dataset
Not stored — this dataset keeps the latest inspection, which has no overall grade
Days since inspection
297 days
Framework era
Current framework (no overall grade)

These four fields describe the latest published inspection on this record. The dataset does not keep a previous inspection row, so a school inspected under the current framework will usually have no overall grade to show as “prior”.

Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Urgent improvement
Achievement
Urgent improvement
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention
Early years
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Needs attention

The report-card scale is Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention and Urgent improvement. Safeguarding is graded Met or Not met. These are separate judgements, not a league table or an overall score. How Ofsted's current grades work.

Key stage 2 results 2024/25

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths

38% England 60.7%

Reached the higher standard

0% England 8.1%

Average reading score

102 England 105.3

Average maths score

99 England 104.1

This year group had 12 pupils, so a single child moves the percentages above by about 8.3 points. Small cohorts move around a lot between years, so treat a single year's figures with care.

On the headline measure this school is in the bottom 10% of state-funded primaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the bottom quarter.

There are no progress measures for primary schools any more. They were calculated from a key stage 1 baseline, and statutory key stage 1 tests ended in 2023, so nothing has been published since. That makes attainment the only official measure — and attainment tracks intake closely, which is why the comparison against similar schools above is the more useful of the two lines.

Pupils

Pupils on roll
61
Places
230
How full
27% full — 61 of 230 places taken, so places are likely to be available
Girls / boys
30 / 31
Overall absence
7%

primary schools average 5.2%

Persistently absent
20%

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

Free school meals, last 6 years
40%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
14%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
15%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
12%

England 15%

School funding 2025-26 financial year

Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release.

Evidence found
Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release; this is not represented as £0.
Source coverage
DfE mainstream-school allocations for running costs for pupils aged 5-16, importer snapshot 23 August 2026.
What this means
The official mainstream allocation release does not provide a publishable row for this establishment.
What this does not mean
The school received no public funding or has no budget; other establishment types and funding streams use different publications.

Allocation is not expenditure. DfE says this release combines the schools block with several other revenue grants and excludes capital spending. Funding is shown for context and is never used in School Facts ordering, peer groups or quality claims. Source, licence and coverage.

Roads and getting there

Road casualties within 500m

Child pedestrian casualties
4

England average 1.6 — pedestrians under 16, over five years

All reported collisions
16

England average 24.2 over five years

Of those, serious or fatal
1

Public transport

Bus stops within 500m
23

England average 11.9

Nearest station
Cleethorpes Rail Station

1.7 km away — railway station

Every collision reported to the police within 500m of the school over the five years to 2024, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe — counts rise with traffic and with how built up an area is, and a rural school on a fast road may have fewer collisions but a worse one. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position.

The area around the school

3/10 Deprivation decile

Among the more deprived half of England.

2/10 Child poverty decile

Among the most deprived fifth of England for children in low-income families.

Indices of Deprivation 2019, for the small area the school stands in. 1 means the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. The second measure counts only children living in low-income families, which is the one that describes the intake a school is likely to draw on.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£170,000

postcode sector DN35 9 · 193 sales

Typical range
£150,500 to £197,425

middle half of sales

Detached
£223,000
Semi-detached
£168,750
Terraced
£144,250

Homes around this school are cheaper than most of England.

Every residential sale registered in this postcode sector since January 2024, from HM Land Registry. A sector covers roughly 2,500 addresses. England's median over the same period was £293,000.

Who lives there

Adults with a degree
17%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
29%

England 18.3%

In professional or managerial work
6%

England 13.4%

Households deprived in 2+ ways
27%

England 17.8%

Residents in very good health
35%

England 48.4%

Housing

Owned by the occupier
60%

England 62.7%

Social housing
28%

England 17%

Privately rented
11%

England 19.2%

Detached homes
51%

England 38.2%

Four or more bedrooms
10%

England 22.5%

No car
34%

England 21.9%

Census 2021, for North East Lincolnshire 018B and the wider neighbourhood around it. These figures describe the area, not the pupils — children may travel in from much further away, and for selective, faith and independent schools they usually do.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Ages
Ages 3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Sixth form
No
Nursery
Yes
Boarding
Day school
Headteacher
Headteacher: Michelle Steeper
Opened as this establishment
1 April 2012
Register status
Open
Ward
Croft Baker
Constituency
Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
URN
138014

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Official DfE record
Open the register entry

The source record for this establishment and URN.

The URN identifies this registered establishment. If a school converts or is replaced, DfE may issue a new URN; this page does not stitch different establishments together by a similar name.

Admissions history

The official school-level admissions releases contain up to 13 national-offer-day observations, from 2014/15 to 2026/27. The chart shows first choices per place; the table keeps the underlying counts.

Reception

1.10 2014/15: 0.95 first choices per place2015/16: 1.00 first choices per place2016/17: 0.89 first choices per place2017/18: 1.00 first choices per place2018/19: 0.86 first choices per place2019/20: 1.00 first choices per place2020/21: 1.00 first choices per place2021/22: 1.00 first choices per place2022/23: 1.00 first choices per place2023/24: 1.00 first choices per place2024/25: 1.00 first choices per place2025/26: 1.00 first choices per place2014201620182020202220242025
All 12 annual observations
Entry yearPlacesFirst choicesPer placeFirst choices offered
2014/15 20 19 0.95 100%
2015/16 26 26 1.00 100%
2016/17 18 16 0.89 100%
2017/18 16 16 1.00 100%
2018/19 14 12 0.86 100%
2019/20 20 20 1.00 100%
2020/21 11 11 1.00 100%
2021/22 13 13 1.00 100%
2022/23 11 11 1.00 100%
2023/24 9 9 1.00 100%
2024/25 4 4 1.00 100%
2025/26 6 6 1.00 100%

These are annual observations, not forecasts. They exclude waiting lists, appeals and in-year admissions. Each series follows this exact URN only, so academy conversions and missing releases remain visible as gaps rather than being joined by name.

Nearest primary schools

SchoolOfstedExpected standardDistanceCompare
Bursar Primary AcademyAcademy converter Good 2023 73% 0.4 mi
Middlethorpe Primary AcademyAcademy converter No overall grade 63% 0.4 mi
Old Clee Primary AcademyAcademy converter Good 2023 67% 0.7 mi
Thrunscoe Primary and Nursery AcademyAcademy converter No overall grade 57% 0.7 mi
St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter No overall grade 54% 0.9 mi
William Barcroft Junior SchoolAcademy converter No overall grade 64% 0.9 mi
Reynolds Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led No overall grade 37% 0.9 mi
Queen Mary Avenue Infant SchoolCommunity school Good 2024 — 1 mi

Schools like this

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one — same phase and sector, and as near as the data allows on size, disadvantage, SEN, English as an additional language and the deprivation of the surrounding area. These are the schools it can fairly be judged against.

This school 38%
Median of its 9 closest peers 53%
North East Lincolnshire average 61.7%
England average 60.7%

Percentage meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. This school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

SchoolAreaOfstedExpected standardCompare
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, SwaffhamAcademy sponsor led Swaffham Inadequate 2024 —
Haggonfields Primary and Nursery SchoolAcademy sponsor led Worksop No overall grade 7%
Our Lady and St Joseph Brooms Catholic Primary School, LeadgateAcademy converter Consett No overall grade 53%
Thornhill Primary SchoolAcademy converter Egremont Good 2023 40%
Willoughton Primary SchoolCommunity school Gainsborough Good 2024 50%
Oughterside Primary SchoolFoundation school Wigton Good 2024 50%
Skipsea Primary SchoolCommunity school Driffield No overall grade 54%
Luston Primary SchoolCommunity school Leominster Good 2023 72%
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, CarnforthAcademy converter Carnforth Good 2022 64%
Priory Common SchoolCommunity school Milton Keynes No overall grade —
Christ Church Sowerby Bridge CofE (VA) Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school Sowerby Bridge Good 2023 64%
Brisbane Park Infant SchoolCommunity school Barrow-in-Furness Good 2024 —

Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable — sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and simple geography all matter and are not in the calculation.

Evidence ledger

Reference dates and join methods are kept separate because the figures do not all describe the same year or geography.

EvidencePublisherReference dateHow it reaches this page
School identityGet Information About Schools23 August 2026Exact URN 138014; unified importer snapshot
Inspection evidenceOfsted management information31 July 2026Exact URN; inspection 9 December 2025
AttainmentDfE performance tables2024/25Exact URN; phase-specific definitions
Pupil intakeDfE school census2024/25Exact URN; suppressed values remain missing
Funding allocationDfE school funding statistics2025-26 financial yearNo row for this URN in the mainstream-school release; not represented as zero
Roads and transportDfT road casualties, traffic and NaPTANFive-year road window; access-node snapshotCoordinate join within the stated radius
NeighbourhoodONS Census2021LSOA/MSOA containing the school, not pupil homes
DeprivationEnglish Indices of Deprivation2019LSOA containing the school
Home pricesHM Land Registry Price Paid DataSales since January 2024School postcode sector, not a catchment

These sources are published for reuse under the Open Government Licence v3.0, including the Crown database-right notice that accompanies Price Paid Data. Definitions and source notes. If something here looks wrong, the school's own website is the authority on admissions and open days.

Questions this school record can answer

Which exact school is this?

Match the DfE URN, school name and address; names and structures can change while the URN remains the stable identifier.

What does the latest inspection evidence say?

Use the inspection date and framework shown. Do not compare a legacy overall grade directly with the newer report-card judgements.

How should I compare nearby schools?

Compare the same phase, cohort and academic year, then keep intake context and confidence intervals beside performance measures.

What must a parent verify?

Check current admissions rules, travel practicality, support for the child’s needs and the school’s latest official information before deciding.