Scawby Academy
Primary · Brigg · DN20 9AN
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 23 November 2023
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216 pupils · 103% of 210 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 5.6% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 1% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 8.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 2.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Website
- http://www.scawbyacademy.com
- URN
- 138086
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 29 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2022 entry went to 1.869 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 3 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2022 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 23 November 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place29 places offered · 29 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2022 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.869 miles
measured by shortest walking route.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: North Lincolnshire school admissions
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
19 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
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
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.
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 93% (North Lincolnshire 77%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (North Lincolnshire 1%, England 3%) · Not recorded 1% (North Lincolnshire 2%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (North Lincolnshire 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (North Lincolnshire 1%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (North Lincolnshire 1%, England 5%) · other groups together 1%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
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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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →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
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
90% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.6 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 £58,877; 27.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Inspection history since 2015
- 22 November 2023: School remains Good
- 27 September 2018: School remains Good
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)
- 7/10less deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 31.9% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 17.6% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 35.7% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 13.8% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 42.1% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 80.3% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 9.8% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 9.9% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 62.1% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 2.7% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 30.6% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 9.7% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01013326 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £257,50056 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £184,000–£314,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most 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
- 0a rural school averages 0.3
- Collisions at school-run times
- 1a rural school averages 0.7
- All reported collisions
- 3a rural school averages 3.4
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 1a rural school averages 0.9
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