Middlethorpe Primary Academy

Middlethorpe Primary Academy continues to uphold the high standards it achieved in its previous inspection, demonstrating effective leadership and a collaborative relationship with The Enquire Learning Trust. The school provides a welcoming environment where pupils build strong relationships and engage enthusiastically in their learning. Most students achieve strong outcomes and receive ample support aimed at helping them meet their potential. Notable enrichment opportunities, such as educational trips and engaging activities, further enhance the learning experience.

Strengths

• Pupils form strong, positive relationships with staff and peers.
• The school provides an ambitious and interesting curriculum.
• Most pupils achieve highly and outcomes in national assessments are strong.
• Effective support for early readers ensures fluency.
• Pupils benefit from a broad range of experiences that enhance personal development.

Areas for Improvement

• Teachers do not consistently adjust their teaching to meet the needs of pupils with SEND.

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 Middlethorpe Primary Academy attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.3% 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, 1.7% of pupils at Middlethorpe Primary Academy 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 Middlethorpe Primary Academy had 37.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 9.6% of pupils at Middlethorpe Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% 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 2024–25 Middlethorpe Primary Academy received £6,744 and spent £6,372 for each of its 224 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £39,000 (£174 per pupil).

Across all 32 schools of The Enquire Learning Trust, income was £7,171 and spending £7,034 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

• Primary Schools
• Secondary Schools

All schools in Cleethorpes · North East Lincolnshire local authority: places and applications

Middlethorpe Primary Academy is part of The Enquire Learning Trust, which runs 32 schools. The nearest others:

• Humberston Cloverfields Academy Grimsby
• Elliston Primary Academy Cleethopres
• Welholme Academy Grimsby
• Enfield Academy of New Waltham Grimsby
• Springfield Primary Academy Grimsby
• Laceby Acres Primary Academy Grimsby
• Eastfield Primary Academy Immingham
• Keelby Primary Academy Grimsby
• Southcoates Primary Academy Hull
• Buckingham Primary Academy Hull

What is Middlethorpe Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Middlethorpe Primary Academy is Outstanding, from an inspection in April 2025.

When was Middlethorpe Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Middlethorpe Primary Academy was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Middlethorpe Primary Academy have?

Middlethorpe Primary Academy has 240 pupils on roll.

What age range does Middlethorpe Primary Academy cover?

Middlethorpe Primary Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Middlethorpe Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 91% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Middlethorpe Primary Academy?

Middlethorpe Primary Academy is at Highthorpe Crescent, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, DN35 9PY.