Great Steeping Primary School

Great Steeping Primary School is currently performing at a level that requires improvement in key areas such as the quality of education and leadership and management. While pupils exhibit good behavior and positive attitudes towards learning, the school struggles to consistently implement an ambitious curriculum across all subjects. Despite this, there are notable strengths in the support provided to pupils with special educational needs, and the school fosters a caring environment where pupils feel valued. Recent changes have brought some improvements, and the school has identified clear areas for future development to enhance educational outcomes.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate positive attitudes towards their learning.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• A caring environment where pupils feel valued.
• High expectations for pupil behavior.
• Engaging extracurricular activities, including trips and community service.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum lacks ambition and detailed knowledge in some subjects.
• Insufficient systems to check long-term understanding of subjects.
• Inconsistent implementation of the curriculum.
• Learning intentions in early years foundation stage activities are not always made clear.

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 Great Steeping Primary School attended 96.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.2% 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, 2.1% of pupils at Great Steeping Primary 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 Great Steeping Primary School had 15.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 30.2% 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, 24.7% of pupils at Great Steeping Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.5% 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 Great Steeping Primary School received £10,220 and spent £10,576 for each of its 80 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £45,000 (£571 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 Great Steeping Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Great Steeping Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Great Steeping Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Great Steeping Primary School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Great Steeping Primary School have?

Great Steeping Primary School has 81 pupils on roll.

What age range does Great Steeping Primary School cover?

Great Steeping Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Great Steeping Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Great Steeping Primary School?

Great Steeping Primary School is at Great Steeping, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, PE23 5PT.