Willoughby Road Primary Academy

North Lincolnshire · DN17 2NF

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 248 pupils, 41.3% FSM

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Willoughby Road Primary Academy

General Information

Address: Willoughby Road, Scunthorpe, DN17 2NF – View on map
Phone: 01724842608
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Miss Abby Blades-Baker
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 21 families put it first for 21 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: Does not apply
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

248 pupils out of 376 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 102
% eligible for free school meals: 41.3%
Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (more mixed than the North Lincolnshire average)
English as an additional language: 20% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 25.9% a year (North Lincolnshire 15.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 17% moved to another school, 83% 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

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 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: 5.1%
Persistently absent pupils: 13.2%
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: 21.0%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.6%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 24 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 9 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 8 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 6 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 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 2019 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: 67% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 6% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 5 percentage points above the North Lincolnshire average (62%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 62% against an expected 57%)
3-year average (expected standard): 62%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 76% · Writing 73% · Maths 71% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 45%
Average test scores: reading 106, maths 105
Based on: 51 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 Lincolnshire averageEngland↗ Improving Up 9 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 5 percentage points above the North Lincolnshire average (62%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 22nd of 52 junior and primary schools in the area

=22Hibaldstow Academy67%
=22Outwood Junior Academy Brumby67%
=22Willoughby Road Primary Academy67%
=25Belton All Saints CofE Primary School65%
=25Broughton Primary Academy65%

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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

=1Holme Valley Primary School90%
=1Wrawby St Mary's CofE Primary School90%
#3Oakfield Primary School87%
#4St Mary's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy (Brigg)86%
=5Epworth Primary Academy84%
=5Scawby Academy84%
=7Luddington & Garthorpe Primary83%
=7South Ferriby Primary School83%
=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%
#14St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy74%
=15Haxey Cofe Primary Academy73%
=15Messingham Primary School73%
=15Worlaby Academy73%
#18Bowmandale Primary School72%
#19Wootton St Andrew's CofE Primary School71%
#20St Peter and St Paul CofE Primary School70%
#21Ulceby St Nicholas Church of England Primary School69%
=22Hibaldstow Academy67%
=22Outwood Junior Academy Brumby67%
=22Willoughby Road Primary Academy67%
=25Belton All Saints CofE Primary School65%
=25Broughton Primary Academy65%
=27Crowle Primary Academy63%
=27John Harrison C of E Primary School63%
#29Winterton Junior School62%
=30Barton St Peter's CofE Primary School61%
=30Berkeley Primary School61%
=30Priory Lane Community School61%
=33Killingholme Primary School60%
=33Oasis Academy Henderson Avenue60%
#35Oasis Academy Parkwood59%
#36Westcliffe Primary School58%
#37Westwoodside Church of England Academy57%
#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%
#43The Grange Primary School49%
#44Bottesford Junior School48%
#45St Martin's Cofe Primary Academy47%
#46Lincoln Gardens Primary School46%
=47Crosby Primary School45%
=47Scunthorpe CofE Primary School45%
#49Brigg Primary School43%
=50Castledyke Primary School40%
=50Kirmington CofE Primary School40%
#52Eastoft Church of England Primary School38%

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36th of 47 primary schools in North Lincolnshire for Ofsted rating

#34Westcliffe Primary SchoolGood
#35Westwoodside Church of England AcademyGood
#36Willoughby Road Primary AcademyGood
#37Wootton St Andrew's CofE Primary SchoolGood
#38Worlaby AcademyGood

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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

#1Winteringham Primary SchoolOutstanding
#2Althorpe and Keadby Primary SchoolGood
#3Barton St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolGood
#4Belton All Saints CofE Primary SchoolGood
#5Berkeley Primary SchoolGood
#6Bowmandale Primary SchoolGood
#7Brigg Primary SchoolGood
#8Burton-Upon-Stather Primary AcademyGood
#9Crosby Primary SchoolGood
#10East Halton Primary SchoolGood
#11Eastoft Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#12Epworth Primary AcademyGood
#13Haxey Cofe Primary AcademyGood
#14Hibaldstow AcademyGood
#15John Harrison C of E Primary SchoolGood
#16Killingholme Primary SchoolGood
#17Kirmington CofE Primary SchoolGood
#18Lincoln Gardens Primary SchoolGood
#19Luddington & Garthorpe PrimaryGood
#20Messingham Primary SchoolGood
#21Oakfield Primary SchoolGood
#22Oasis Academy Henderson AvenueGood
#23Oasis Academy ParkwoodGood
#24Priory Lane Community SchoolGood
#25Saint Augustine Webster Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood
#26Scawby AcademyGood
#27Scunthorpe CofE Primary SchoolGood
#28South Ferriby Primary SchoolGood
#29St Mary's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy (Brigg)Good
#30St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood
#31St Peter and St Paul CofE Primary SchoolGood
#32St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary Voluntary AcademyGood
#33Ulceby St Nicholas Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#34Westcliffe Primary SchoolGood
#35Westwoodside Church of England AcademyGood
#36Willoughby Road Primary AcademyGood
#37Wootton St Andrew's CofE Primary SchoolGood
#38Worlaby AcademyGood
#39Wrawby St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolGood
#40Wroot Travis Charity Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#41Broughton Primary AcademyRequires improvement
#42Castledyke Primary SchoolRequires improvement
#43Kirton Lindsey Primary AcademyRequires improvement
#44New Holland Church of England and Methodist Primary SchoolRequires improvement
#45St Martin's Cofe Primary AcademyRequires improvement
#46The Grange Primary SchoolRequires improvement
#47West Butterwick C of E Primary AcademyRequires improvement

Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,690 (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.

27th of 48 primary schools in North Lincolnshire for spending per pupil

#25The Grange Primary School£6,789
#26Gunness and Burringham Church of England Primary School£6,692
#27Willoughby Road Primary Academy£6,690
#28Lincoln Gardens Primary School£6,469
#29Belton All Saints CofE Primary School£6,467

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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

#1Wroot Travis Charity Church of England Primary School£13,635
#2Goxhill Primary School£9,999
#3Luddington & Garthorpe Primary£9,766
#4Worlaby Academy£9,173
#5West Butterwick C of E Primary Academy£9,021
#6St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy£8,813
#7Wootton St Andrew's CofE Primary School£8,788
#8Scunthorpe CofE Primary School£8,522
#9Killingholme Primary School£8,257
#10St Martin's Cofe Primary Academy£8,086
#11St Barnabas CofE Primary School, Barnetby£7,966
#12Castledyke Primary School£7,902
#13Ulceby St Nicholas Church of England Primary School£7,850
#14Westcliffe Primary School£7,696
#15Priory Lane Community School£7,629
#16Winteringham Primary School£7,605
#17Althorpe and Keadby Primary School£7,253
#18Brigg Primary School£7,048
#19Oasis Academy Parkwood£6,972
#20Haxey Cofe Primary Academy£6,929
#21Westwoodside Church of England Academy£6,910
#22Oakfield Primary School£6,874
#23Crosby Primary School£6,818
#24St Mary's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy (Brigg)£6,797
#25The Grange Primary School£6,789
#26Gunness and Burringham Church of England Primary School£6,692
#27Willoughby Road Primary Academy£6,690
#28Lincoln Gardens Primary School£6,469
#29Belton All Saints CofE Primary School£6,467
#30John Harrison C of E Primary School£6,416
#31St Peter and St Paul CofE Primary School£6,369
#32Hibaldstow Academy£6,368
#33Barton St Peter's CofE Primary School£6,365
#34Broughton Primary Academy£6,180
#35Wrawby St Mary's CofE Primary School£6,082
#36Berkeley Primary School£6,043
#37Messingham Primary School£6,012
#38St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy£5,972
#39Crowle Primary Academy£5,921
#40Bowmandale Primary School£5,833
#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
#46Alkborough Primary Academy£1,176
#47Burton-Upon-Stather Primary Academy£914
#48Kirton Lindsey Primary Academy£852

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