Leys Farm Junior School
General Information
- Address: Park Avenue, Bottesford, Scunthorpe, DN17 2PB – View on map
- Phone: 01724866945
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Sally Thomas
- Age range: 7-11 years
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 49
- % eligible for free school meals: 39.5%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (similar to the North Lincolnshire average)
- English as an additional language: 17% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 23% a year (North Lincolnshire 15.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 46% moved to another school, 54% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across North Lincolnshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in North Lincolnshire, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 5.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 12.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 53% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 9 percentage points below the North Lincolnshire average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 53% against an expected 59%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 53%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 73% · Writing 77% · Maths 57% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 63%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 100
- Based on: 30 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 39th of 52 junior and primary schools in the area
- #38Gunness and Burringham Church of England Primary School55%
- =39Althorpe and Keadby Primary School53%
- =39Leys Farm Junior School53%
- #41St Barnabas CofE Primary School, Barnetby52%
- #42New Holland Church of England and Methodist Primary School50%
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1st of 2 junior schools in North Lincolnshire for Ofsted rating
- #1Leys Farm Junior SchoolGood
- #2Outwood Junior Academy BrumbyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,408 (2024-25)
2nd of 4 junior schools in North Lincolnshire for spending per pupil
- #1Winterton Junior School£7,477
- #2Leys Farm Junior School£7,408
- #3Outwood Junior Academy Brumby£5,723
- #4Bottesford Junior School£5,704
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