Holton Le Clay Infant School

Holton Le Clay Infant School is performing well, achieving a 'Good' overall effectiveness rating. The school nurtures a positive environment where pupils enjoy learning and develop strong relationships with staff. The curriculum, particularly in English and mathematics, has seen significant improvements, aiming to ensure all pupils leave as fluent readers by the end of Year 2. However, there are areas for development, particularly in adapting the curriculum to meet all pupils' needs and in evaluating the foundation subjects' effectiveness. This is the school's first inspection since the pandemic.

Strengths

• Pupils display positive attitudes to learning and enjoy coming to school.
• The school effectively prioritizes reading, helping all pupils to develop strong reading skills.
• Staff maintain positive relationships with pupils, fostering a caring and supportive atmosphere.
• The mathematics curriculum is well sequenced and builds on prior knowledge.
• The personal, social, and health education curriculum is comprehensive and age-appropriate.
• Governors are actively involved and hold leaders accountable.

Areas for Improvement

• The curriculum is not always adapted effectively to meet the needs of all pupils.
• There is variability in assessing how well pupils know and remember the intended learning in foundation subjects.
• Some safeguarding records lack necessary detail and precision.

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 Holton Le Clay Infant School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.4% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Holton Le Clay 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 Holton Le Clay Infant School had 18.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 33.3% 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, 15.5% of pupils at Holton Le Clay Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 11.3% 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 Holton Le Clay Infant School received £9,982 and spent £9,807 for each of its 71 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £115,000 (£1,622 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 Holton Le Clay Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Holton Le Clay Infant School is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Holton Le Clay Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Holton Le Clay Infant School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Holton Le Clay Infant School have?

Holton Le Clay Infant School has 71 pupils on roll.

What age range does Holton Le Clay Infant School cover?

Holton Le Clay Infant School for pupils aged 5 to 7.

Where is Holton Le Clay Infant School?

Holton Le Clay Infant School is at Church Lane, Holton-le-Clay, Nr Grimsby, Lincolnshire, DN36 5AQ.