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Holme Valley Primary School

Primary · Scunthorpe · DN16 3SL

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 29 October 2024

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At a glance

417 pupils · 99% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
14.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.holmevalley.n-lincs.sch.uk/
URN
117811

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 65 families named it first for 59 Reception places, 1.10 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.806 miles; distance decided places in 4 of the 4 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2022 to 2026. At its inspection on 29 October 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.10 first-choice applications per place

59 places offered · 65 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1.806 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.806 miles

measured by shortest walking route.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

62 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
90%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
19%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
112
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
111
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school90%
Median of its 12 closest peers66%
North Lincolnshire average64.4%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Whitchurch Church of England Primary SchoolWhitchurch · 163 miles awayGood69%
Wellstead Primary SchoolSouthampton · 184 miles awayGood71%
Saltaire Primary SchoolShipley · 51 miles awayGood68%
Georgian Gardens Community Primary SchoolLittlehampton · 190 miles awayGood56%
Bracebridge Heath St John's Primary AcademyLincoln · 25 miles awayGood47%
Heron Primary SchoolGloucester · 135 miles awayGood55%
Abbots Hall Primary SchoolStanford-le-Hope · 148 miles awayGood66%
Hurst Green Primary SchoolHalesowen · 95 miles awayGood66%
Ashleigh Primary School and Nursery, WymondhamWymondham · 99 miles awayOutstanding89%
Meath Green Junior SchoolHorley · 165 miles awayGood (2015)54%
Werrington Primary SchoolPeterborough · 67 miles awayGood56%
Canford Heath Junior SchoolPoole · 203 miles awayGood71%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 85% (North Lincolnshire 77%, England 60%) · Any other White background 6% (North Lincolnshire 8%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (North Lincolnshire 1%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (North Lincolnshire 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (North Lincolnshire 1%, England 4%) · Black African 1% (North Lincolnshire 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (North Lincolnshire 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · North Lincolnshire: 2.08 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
25.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 5% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

28.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,029; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£5,985
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £153,799; in-year balance +£39,521

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher23.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications19.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work29.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health42.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier88.5%62.3%
Social housing3.5%17.1%
Privately rented8%20.5%
Detached houses49.6%22.9%
Flats4.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms23.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van12.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01013262 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£175,000339 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£145,000–£221,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (123)£237,500
Semi-detached (176)£163,000
Terraced (40)£136,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
5an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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