Queen Mary Avenue Infant School

Queen Mary Avenue Infant School is performing well overall, achieving a good rating in all domains of the inspection. The school provides a supportive and nurturing environment where pupils feel safe and valued. Notable strengths include a strong curriculum that caters well to the needs of pupils, particular attention to phonics education, and effective support for students with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The commitment to promoting a culture of engagement through roles like school councilors is commendable. However, attendance issues for a small group of pupils affect their learning progress, highlighting a need for continued focus on improving attendance to ensure all students can thrive.

Strengths

• Caring and positive relationships between staff and pupils
• Ambitious curriculum designed to meet diverse needs, including SEND
• Effective phonics teaching resulting in confident reading skills
• Strong emphasis on personal development and online safety awareness
• Active participation of pupils in school life and decision-making

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent support for developing reading fluency among some pupils
• Insufficient clarity in curriculum plans for certain foundation subjects

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Queen Mary Avenue Infant School attended 93.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.3% of pupils at Queen Mary Avenue Infant School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Queen Mary Avenue Infant School had 24.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 17.0% of pupils at Queen Mary Avenue Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Queen Mary Avenue Infant School received £9,436 and spent £9,610 for each of its 252 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £99,000 (£394 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Queen Mary Avenue Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Queen Mary Avenue Infant School is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Queen Mary Avenue Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Queen Mary Avenue Infant School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Queen Mary Avenue Infant School have?

Queen Mary Avenue Infant School has 276 pupils on roll.

What age range does Queen Mary Avenue Infant School cover?

Queen Mary Avenue Infant School for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Queen Mary Avenue Infant School?

Queen Mary Avenue Infant School is at Queen Mary Avenue, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, DN35 7SY.