Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire·DN35 9DL
Composite score
5.2
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#14,788
National rank
#1595
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#44
In North East Lincolnshire
Top 100%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
8%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
98.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
94.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 09/12/2025 · Read full report ↗

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
85
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
39.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
14.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
15.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£11,639
Typical primary: £6,960

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About Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy

Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 85 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 8% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 33.0 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 in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 98 in reading and 94 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Overall pupil absence was 6.7%. There are about 15.1 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 40% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy 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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