Great Steeping Primary School

Type Primary / Community school
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Great Steeping
Spilsby
Lincolnshire
PE23 5PT
Phone 01754830251
Reference Number 120451

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.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 95
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.53%
Girls: 49.47%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 37.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 15
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 31

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 2 4 6
2 4 5 9
3 3 6 9
4 10 7 17
5 8 6 14
6 9 8 17

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 91.6%
Unclassified 5.3%
White, Other 2.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Requires Improvement
 >  Quality of education Requires Improvement
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Requires Improvement
  >  Early Years Provision Requires Improvement
Last Report Date 19 Sep 2023
Date Report
19 Sep 2023 School inspection:
08 Feb 2018 Short inspection
04 Dec 2013 Full inspection:
08 Oct 2009 Full inspection:
17 Mar 2009 Curriculum and development visit
05 Feb 2007 Full inspection:
30 Sep 2002 Full inspection

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.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 65%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 6%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 104
Maths 104

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -2.5
Writing -7.1
Maths -0.5

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Average Scaled Score

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Progress Scores

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 6 0
Third Preference 2 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Halton Holegate CofE Primary School
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