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Scawby Academy

Primary · Brigg · DN20 9AN

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Good

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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At a glance

216 pupils · 103% of 210 capacity (over capacity)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
5.6% of pupils
English as additional language
1% of pupils
SEN support
8.2% of pupils
EHC plan
2.6% of pupils
Website
http://www.scawbyacademy.com
URN
138086

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 29 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were 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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Cutoff distances as published by the local authority. Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
84%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
32%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
111
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Schools with a similar intake

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

This school84%
Median of its 12 closest peers70.5%
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.

The twelve below are matched on intake alone, from every state school in England, so most are not local. They are the evidence behind the comparison above, not a shortlist. For schools you could realistically apply to, see nearby schools.

SchoolOfstedResult
St Mary's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, ChorleyChorley · 87 miles awayExpected standard59%
Tickhill Estfeld Primary SchoolDoncaster · 24 miles awayGood71%
St Oswald's CofE AcademyDoncaster · 18 miles awayGood77%
Tatsfield Primary SchoolTatsfield · 157 miles awayExpected standard70%
Mytchett Primary & Nursery AcademyCamberley · 155 miles awayGood61%
Berkswell Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolCoventry · 90 miles awayGood70%
Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary SchoolSt Helens · 92 miles awayGood74%
Felbridge Primary SchoolEast Grinstead · 167 miles awayGood59%
Great Bedwyn Church of England SchoolMarlborough · 155 miles awayOutstanding69%
Dedham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolColchester · 127 miles awayGood83%
Goostrey Community Primary SchoolNear Crewe · 77 miles awayExpected standard86%
Longton Primary SchoolPreston · 93 miles awayGood83%

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one: same phase and admissions type, and as near as the data allows on size, free school meals, English as an additional language, SEN and the child poverty of the surrounding area (IDACI 2025). Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable: sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and plain geography all matter and are not in the calculation. Results: DfE performance tables, 2024/2025. How the matching works.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.1%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
4.9%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
26.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), decile of the small area the school stands in: 1 is the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. IDACI counts only children in low-income families, which is the measure closest to the intake a school is likely to draw on.

Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher31.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work35.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health42.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier80.3%62.3%
Social housing9.8%17.1%
Privately rented9.9%20.5%
Detached houses62.1%22.9%
Flats2.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms30.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.7%23.5%

Census 2021 (ONS) for statistical area E01013326 (a lower layer super output area), the neighbourhood of roughly 1,338 adults that the school stands in. These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Children travel in from further away, and for selective, faith and some other schools usually much further. Open Government Licence v3.0.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£255,00053 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to July 2026
Typical range
£185,000–£312,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (34)£285,000
Semi-detached (19)£185,000

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

Every residential sale registered with HM Land Registry within 1 km of the school (straight line) since January 2024, market sales of houses and flats only. A sale is dated by completion and registered weeks later, so the most recent months are incomplete. 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

Every collision reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics (STATS19). "Child pedestrians" counts casualties aged under 16 on foot; "school-run times" means weekdays 07:30–09:00 and 15:00–16:30 outside August. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe: counts rise with traffic and with how built-up an area is, which is why the comparison is with other rural schools. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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