Saint Augustine Webster Catholic Voluntary Academy
General Information
- Address: Baildon Road, Scunthorpe, DN15 8BU – View on map
- Phone: 01724843722
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr David Sidaway
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 26 families put it first for 27 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 53
- % eligible for free school meals: 16.1%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the North Lincolnshire average)
- English as an additional language: 66% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 28.6% a year (North Lincolnshire 15.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 31% moved to another school, 69% 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.
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: 4.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 12.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 28 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 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: 77% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 4% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 15 percentage points above the North Lincolnshire average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 69% against an expected 71%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 69%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 86% · Writing 79% · Maths 80% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 73%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 106
- Based on: 56 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: 11th of 52 junior and primary schools in the area
- =9St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy81%
- =9Winteringham Primary School81%
- #11Saint Augustine Webster Catholic Voluntary Academy77%
- =12Goxhill Primary School75%
- =12West Butterwick C of E Primary Academy75%
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25th of 47 primary schools in North Lincolnshire for Ofsted rating
- #23Oasis Academy ParkwoodGood
- #24Priory Lane Community SchoolGood
- #25Saint Augustine Webster Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood
- #26Scawby AcademyGood
- #27Scunthorpe CofE Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,565 (2024-25)
43rd of 48 primary schools in North Lincolnshire for spending per pupil
- #41Epworth Primary Academy£5,818
- #42Holme Valley Primary School£5,801
- #43Saint Augustine Webster Catholic Voluntary Academy£5,565
- #44Oasis Academy Henderson Avenue£5,487
- #45Scawby Academy£1,845
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