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Best primary schools in North East Lincolnshire

43 of 50 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all North East Lincolnshire schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Met expected standard (RWM) Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Middlethorpe Primary Academy Cleethorpes 91.0% Outstanding improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Wybers Wood Academy Grimsby 85.0% Good improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Ormiston South Parade Academy Grimsby 82.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Macaulay Primary Academy Grimsby hidden gem 79.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Humberston Cloverfields Academy Grimsby hidden gem 78.0% Good about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 New Waltham Academy Grimsby 78.0% Good oversubscribed 1.16 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Woodlands Academy Grimsby 78.0% Not judged about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Edward Heneage Primary Academy Grimsby 77.0% Good improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 Strand Primary Academy Grimsby 77.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Thrunscoe Primary and Nursery Academy Cleethorpes 76.0% Not judged about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Scartho Junior Academy Grimsby 75.0% Good — approximate
12 Weelsby Academy Grimsby 75.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Old Clee Primary Academy Grimsby hidden gem 74.0% Good improving about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Signhills Academy Cleethorpes 74.0% Good — approximate
15 Springfield Primary Academy Grimsby hidden gem 74.0% Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 William Barcroft Junior School Cleethorpes 74.0% Good — approximate
17 Eastfield Primary Academy Immingham 73.0% Good declining about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 Elliston Primary Academy Cleethopres 72.0% Outstanding about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 Laceby Acres Primary Academy Grimsby 72.0% Good declining about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 Great Coates Primary School Grimsby hidden gem 71.0% Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
21 Lisle Marsden Church of England Primary Academy Grimsby 70.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 Littlecoates Primary Academy Grimsby 70.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
23 Willows Academy Grimsby 68.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
24 The Canon Peter Hall CofE Primary School Immingham 67.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
25 Healing Primary Academy Grimsby 66.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
26 Bursar Primary Academy Cleethorpes 65.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
27 Pilgrim Academy Immingham 65.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
28 Reynolds Primary Academy Cleethorpes 63.0% Not judged about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
29 Western Primary School Grimsby 61.0% Requires improvement about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
30 Fairfield Academy Grimsby 60.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
31 Waltham Leas Primary Academy Grimsby 60.0% Good about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
32 The Humberston Church of England Primary School Grimsby 59.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
33 Coomb Briggs Primary Academy Immingham 56.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
34 Stallingborough CofE Primary School Grimsby 55.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
35 Welholme Academy Grimsby 55.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
36 Yarborough Academy Grimsby 54.0% Good about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
37 Enfield Academy of New Waltham Grimsby hidden gem 50.0% Good about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
38 St Peter's CofE Primary School Cleethorpes 50.0% Not judged about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
39 East Ravendale CofE Primary School Academy Grimsby 41.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
40 Saint Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy Grimsby 41.0% Good improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
41 Grange Primary School Grimsby hidden gem 33.0% Good improving about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
42 Oasis Academy Nunsthorpe Grimsby 33.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
43 Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy Cleethorpes 8.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2025/26 approximate

Also in North East Lincolnshire

7 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of North East Lincolnshire, not a fairer one.

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