Saint Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy

North East Lincolnshire · DN32 7JX

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 221 pupils, 42.4% FSM

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Saint Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy

General Information

Address: Wellington Street, Grimsby, DN32 7JX – View on map
Phone: 01472357982
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Joseph O'Connor
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 22 families put it first for 22 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 11 · 2024 11 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

221 pupils out of 210 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 86
% eligible for free school meals: 42.4%
Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (more mixed than the North East Lincolnshire average)
English as an additional language: 29% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 20.1% a year (North East Lincolnshire 14.6%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 52% moved to another school, 48% 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: 4.2%
Persistently absent pupils: 6.7%
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: 15.4%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.6%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Moderate learning difficulty: 16 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 11 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Autistic spectrum disorder: 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

Good 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 41% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 25 percentage points below the North East Lincolnshire average (66%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 36% against an expected 57%)
3-year average (expected standard): 36%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 59% · Writing 48% · Maths 48% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 59%
Average test scores: reading 101, maths 100
Based on: 27 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↗ Improving Up 12 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 25 percentage points below the North East Lincolnshire average (66%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 39th of 43 junior and primary schools in the area

=37St Peter's CofE Primary School50%
=39East Ravendale CofE Primary School Academy41%
=39Saint Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy41%
=41Grange Primary School33%
=41Oasis Academy Nunsthorpe33%

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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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21st of 31 primary schools in North East Lincolnshire for Ofsted rating

#19Ormiston South Parade AcademyGood
#20Pilgrim AcademyGood
#21Saint Mary's Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood
#22Springfield Primary AcademyGood
#23Stallingborough CofE Primary SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Elliston Primary AcademyOutstanding
#2Middlethorpe Primary AcademyOutstanding
#3Bursar Primary AcademyGood
#4East Ravendale CofE Primary School AcademyGood
#5Eastfield Primary AcademyGood
#6Edward Heneage Primary AcademyGood
#7Enfield Academy of New WalthamGood
#8Fairfield AcademyGood
#9Grange Primary SchoolGood
#10Great Coates Primary SchoolGood
#11Healing Primary AcademyGood
#12Humberston Cloverfields AcademyGood
#13Laceby Acres Primary AcademyGood
#14Lisle Marsden Church of England Primary AcademyGood
#15Littlecoates Primary AcademyGood
#16Macaulay Primary AcademyGood
#17New Waltham AcademyGood
#18Old Clee Primary AcademyGood
#19Ormiston South Parade AcademyGood
#20Pilgrim AcademyGood
#21Saint Mary's Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood
#22Springfield Primary AcademyGood
#23Stallingborough CofE Primary SchoolGood
#24The Canon Peter Hall CofE Primary SchoolGood
#25Thrunscoe Primary and Nursery AcademyGood
#26Waltham Leas Primary AcademyGood
#27Weelsby AcademyGood
#28Welholme AcademyGood
#29Willows AcademyGood
#30Wybers Wood AcademyGood
#31Yarborough AcademyGood

Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,609 (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.

20th of 41 primary schools in North East Lincolnshire for spending per pupil

#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

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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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