Wybers Wood Academy

Wybers Wood Academy is a welcoming primary school that demonstrates a good overall effectiveness across various domains, including the quality of education, behaviour, personal development, and leadership. The school has made notable improvements in its behaviour system, resulting in respectful and polite pupils who feel safe and supported. There are high expectations for student achievement, and the focus on reading and mathematics is particularly commendable. Additionally, the school offers a broad range of extracurricular activities that are well attended, enriching the students’ experience.

Strengths

• Welcoming environment with improvements in behaviour
• High expectations for student achievement
• Effective teaching of phonics leading to fluent readers
• Strong focus on reading and use of library resources
• Engaging after-school clubs and activities
• Effective support for pupils with SEND by knowledgeable teachers

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent support for some pupils with SEND in managing behaviour
• Curriculum lacks coherence and specific sequencing in certain subjects

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 Wybers Wood Academy attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.7% 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, 0.3% of pupils at Wybers Wood Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Wybers Wood Academy had 23.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.8% 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, 8.2% of pupils at Wybers Wood Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.2% 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 Wybers Wood Academy received £5,622 and spent £5,758 for each of its 361 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £438,000 (£1,213 per pupil).

Across all 62 schools of Delta Academies Trust, income was £7,459 and spending £7,562 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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All schools in Grimsby · North East Lincolnshire local authority: places and applications

Wybers Wood Academy is part of Delta Academies Trust, which runs 62 schools. The nearest others:

• John Whitgift Academy Grimsby
• Willows Academy Grimsby
• Macaulay Primary Academy Grimsby
• Strand Primary Academy Grimsby
• Weelsby Academy Grimsby
• Worlaby Academy Brigg
• The Vale Academy Brigg
• Craven Primary Academy Hull
• Estcourt Primary Academy Hull
• Mersey Primary Academy Hull

What is Wybers Wood Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wybers Wood Academy is Good, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was Wybers Wood Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Wybers Wood Academy was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Wybers Wood Academy have?

Wybers Wood Academy has 380 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wybers Wood Academy cover?

Wybers Wood Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Wybers Wood Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 85% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wybers Wood Academy?

Wybers Wood Academy is at Timberley Drive, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN37 9QZ.