St Mary's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy (Brigg)

Academy converter·Primary school Brigg, North Lincolnshire·DN20 8BB
Composite score
55.9
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#5,192
National rank
#507
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#18
In North Lincolnshire
Top 35%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
86%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
23 first choices, 23 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
40
any preference, for 23 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Mary's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy (Brigg) 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
177
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
9.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,797
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Mary's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy (Brigg) at a glance

Located in Brigg, North Lincolnshire, St Mary's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy (Brigg) is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 177 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 86% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 1.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 35% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Mary's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy (Brigg) their first choice was offered one of its 23 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.4%. There are about 18.0 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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