Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy

North East Lincolnshire · DN35 9DL

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 61 pupils, 36.7% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted report card

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Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy

General Information

Address: Philip Avenue, Cleethorpes, DN35 9DL – View on map
Phone: 01472690672
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Michelle Steeper
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2025): 6 families put it first for 6 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: 2022 10 · 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

61 pupils out of 230 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 22
% eligible for free school meals: 36.7%
Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (more mixed than the North East Lincolnshire average)
English as an additional language: 16% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 58.5% a year (North East Lincolnshire 14.6%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 36% moved to another school, 64% 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

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across North East 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: 2 (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 East 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: 6.8%
Persistently absent pupils: 19.5%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 13.1%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 21.3%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Physical disability: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Physical disability: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Ofsted report card December 2025

Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.

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

Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Good (2023). The report card above replaces that grade.

How Ofsted report cards work

Since November 2025, Ofsted grades each area of a school on its own five-point scale, and no longer gives a single word like “Good” or “Outstanding”. Safeguarding (keeping children safe) is simply met or not met.

Exceptional The very best practice nationally
Strong standard Above what Ofsted expects
Expected standard What Ofsted expects of every school
Needs attention Some weaknesses the school needs to fix
Urgent improvement Serious weaknesses needing urgent action

“Expected standard” is a sound result – it's what Ofsted expects a good school to do. Report cards aren't directly comparable with the old single grades, which is why we don't turn them into one.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 8% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 58 percentage points below the North East Lincolnshire average (66%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 34% against an expected 47%)
3-year average (expected standard): 34%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 25% · Writing 8% · Maths 33% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 17%
Average test scores: reading 98, maths 94
Based on: 12 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

This schoolNorth East Lincolnshire averageEngland↘ Falling Down 30 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 58 percentage points below the North East Lincolnshire average (66%).

Year 6 SATs: 43rd of 43 junior and primary schools in the area

=41Grange Primary School33%
=41Oasis Academy Nunsthorpe33%
#43Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy8%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Middlethorpe Primary Academy91%
#2Wybers Wood Academy85%
#3Ormiston South Parade Academy82%
#4Macaulay Primary Academy79%
=5Humberston Cloverfields Academy78%
=5New Waltham Academy78%
=5Woodlands Academy78%
=8Edward Heneage Primary Academy77%
=8Strand Primary Academy77%
#10Thrunscoe Primary and Nursery Academy76%
=11Scartho Junior Academy75%
=11Weelsby Academy75%
=13Old Clee Primary Academy74%
=13Signhills Academy74%
=13Springfield Primary Academy74%
=13William Barcroft Junior School74%
#17Eastfield Primary Academy73%
=18Elliston Primary Academy72%
=18Laceby Acres Primary Academy72%
#20Great Coates Primary School71%
=21Lisle Marsden Church of England Primary Academy70%
=21Littlecoates Primary Academy70%
#23Willows Academy68%
#24The Canon Peter Hall CofE Primary School67%
#25Healing Primary Academy66%
=26Bursar Primary Academy65%
=26Pilgrim Academy65%
#28Reynolds Primary Academy63%
#29Western Primary School61%
=30Fairfield Academy60%
=30Waltham Leas Primary Academy60%
#32The Humberston Church of England Primary School59%
#33Coomb Briggs Primary Academy56%
=34Stallingborough CofE Primary School55%
=34Welholme Academy55%
#36Yarborough Academy54%
=37Enfield Academy of New Waltham50%
=37St Peter's CofE Primary School50%
=39East Ravendale CofE Primary School Academy41%
=39Saint Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy41%
=41Grange Primary School33%
=41Oasis Academy Nunsthorpe33%
#43Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy8%

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Financials

Spending per pupil: £11,639 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

1st of 41 primary schools in North East Lincolnshire for spending per pupil

#1Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy£11,639
#2Western Primary School£8,818
#3Strand Primary Academy£8,335

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy£11,639
#2Western Primary School£8,818
#3Strand Primary Academy£8,335
#4Littlecoates Primary Academy£8,130
#5Edward Heneage Primary Academy£8,019
#6Thrunscoe Primary and Nursery Academy£7,678
#7Pilgrim Academy£7,487
#8Weelsby Academy£7,470
#9Eastfield Primary Academy£7,226
#10Elliston Primary Academy£7,157
#11Willows Academy£7,131
#12Grange Primary School£7,129
#13Oasis Academy Nunsthorpe£7,041
#14St Peter's CofE Primary School£6,994
#15Stallingborough CofE Primary School£6,960
#16Ormiston South Parade Academy£6,902
#17The Canon Peter Hall CofE Primary School£6,859
#18Welholme Academy£6,759
#19Woodlands Academy£6,703
#20Saint Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy£6,609
#21Reynolds Primary Academy£6,485
#22Old Clee Primary Academy£6,405
#23Macaulay Primary Academy£6,405
#24Yarborough Academy£6,390
#25Great Coates Primary School£6,322
#26Lisle Marsden Church of England Primary Academy£6,262
#27Fairfield Academy£6,258
#28Bursar Primary Academy£6,074
#29East Ravendale CofE Primary School Academy£6,018
#30New Waltham Academy£5,997
#31Waltham Leas Primary Academy£5,988
#32The Humberston Church of England Primary School£5,938
#33Middlethorpe Primary Academy£5,884
#34Enfield Academy of New Waltham£5,788
#35Coomb Briggs Primary Academy£5,705
#36Laceby Acres Primary Academy£5,639
#37Humberston Cloverfields Academy£5,619
#38Wybers Wood Academy£5,474
#39Healing Primary Academy£5,414
#40Springfield Primary Academy£5,016
#41Laceby Stanford Primary Academy£4,338

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