Luddington & Garthorpe Primary

Community school·Primary school Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire·DN17 4QP
Composite score
73.8
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#1,275
National rank
#127
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#4
In North Lincolnshire
Top 9%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
83%
% achieving higher RWM
17%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
4 first choices, 4 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
12
any preference, for 4 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Luddington & Garthorpe Primary first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
68
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
23.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
22.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
6.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
12.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,766
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Luddington & Garthorpe Primary

Luddington & Garthorpe Primary is a primary school in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 68 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 83% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 12.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 9% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 17% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Luddington & Garthorpe Primary was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 4 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 3.9%. There are about 12.5 pupils per teacher. Luddington & Garthorpe Primary does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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