Yarborough Academy

Yarborough Academy is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across multiple domains including the quality of education, behaviour, and leadership. The school's commitment to pupil well-being and a positive learning environment is evident, with pupils demonstrating pride in their learning and actively participating in school activities. There is a well-structured curriculum that aims to meet the diverse needs of most pupils, and many extra-curricular opportunities are available, enhancing personal development. However, there are some areas needing attention, particularly regarding pupils with more complex special educational needs and ensuring consistent teaching practices in creative writing.

Strengths

• Well-being is central to the school's ethos.
• Pupils demonstrate pride in their learning.
• There are many opportunities for personal development through clubs and activities.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well-organized.
• Early reading is taught consistently well.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils with complex special educational needs may struggle to access the curriculum effectively.
• There is a need for more effective teaching of creative writing.

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 Yarborough Academy attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.6% 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, 3.3% of pupils at Yarborough 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 Yarborough Academy had 22.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.5% 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, 11.7% of pupils at Yarborough Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.9% 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 Yarborough Academy received £6,599 and spent £6,390 for each of its 441 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £658,000 (£1,494 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.

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What is Yarborough Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Yarborough Academy is Good, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Yarborough Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Yarborough Academy was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Yarborough Academy have?

Yarborough Academy has 436 pupils on roll.

What age range does Yarborough Academy cover?

Yarborough Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Yarborough Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 54% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Yarborough Academy?

Yarborough Academy is at Yarrow Road, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, DN34 4JU.