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Lift North Thoresby

Primary · Grimsby · DN36 5PL

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 17 June 2025

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At a glance

98 pupils · 140% of 70 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
18.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://sites.google.com/a/aetinet.org/north-thoresby-primary-academy/
URN
139868

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 17 families named it first for 17 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 2.622 miles, the only Reception round we hold for it. At its inspection on 17 June 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

17 places offered · 17 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

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 2.622 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 2.622 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
69%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
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 school69%
Median of its 12 closest peers68.5%
Lincolnshire average59.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed SchoolNorthampton · 84 miles awayNeeds attention63%
Hinton St George Church of England Primary SchoolHinton St George · 212 miles awayGood60%
Skidby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolCottingham · 28 miles awayGood100%
Thursby Primary SchoolCarlisle · 154 miles awayGood74%
St Germans AcademyKing's Lynn · 56 miles awayNeeds attention45%
St John's CofE SchoolWarminster · 180 miles awayExpected standard45%
Lockerley Church of England Endowed Primary SchoolRomsey · 180 miles awayExpected standard80%
St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary AcademyScunthorpe · 33 miles awayGood81%
Mappleborough Green CofE Primary SchoolStudley · 111 miles awayStrong standard81%
The Edward Richardson Primary School, TetfordHorncastle · 15 miles awayGood90%
Burton Pidsea Primary SchoolHull · 21 miles awayRequires improvement25%
Tasburgh Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolNorwich · 85 miles awayGood52%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 93% (Lincolnshire 79%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Lincolnshire 2%, England 3%) · Any other White background 2% (Lincolnshire 8%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 1% (Lincolnshire 2%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Lincolnshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Lincolnshire 1%, England 1%)

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)
4.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
4.7%
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 · Lincolnshire: 3.47 suspensions and 0.07 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
12
England 18.5

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)

30% of teachers took sickness absence, 65.3 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 £52,113; 18.2% 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 (2024-25)

This school£8,515
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (77%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£32,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher30.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work38.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health42%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier81.1%62.3%
Social housing5.4%17.1%
Privately rented13.5%20.5%
Detached houses67.2%22.9%
Flats1.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms37.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01026080 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£270,00039 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£205,500–£365,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (33)£310,000
Terraced (5)£137,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (4.22 km, 2026 entry): 210 sales, median £245,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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
11a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
4a 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

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