Laceby Acres Primary Academy

Laceby Acres Primary Academy has demonstrated a solid performance, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspected areas except for early years provision, which is recognized as 'Outstanding'. The school has established a commendable educational environment where high ambitions for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are evident. Pupils exhibit positive behavior and enjoy a supportive atmosphere, enabling them to express their concerns with trusted adults. Significant efforts have been made to enhance reading, with effective phonics instruction facilitating pupil learning.

Strengths

• High ambitions for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Positive relationships between adults and pupils foster a supportive environment.
• Strong focus on reading and phonics leading to capable readers.
• Teachers display strong subject knowledge and effectively introduce new concepts.
• Outstanding early years provision with well-designed learning activities.

Areas for Improvement

• In some foundation subjects, pupils struggle to retain knowledge effectively.

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 Laceby Acres Primary Academy attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.2% 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 Laceby Acres 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 Laceby Acres Primary Academy had 21.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 34.7% 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, 24.5% of pupils at Laceby Acres Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.2% 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 Laceby Acres Primary Academy received £6,344 and spent £6,128 for each of its 208 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £133,000 (£641 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.

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

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

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

What is Laceby Acres Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Laceby Acres Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Laceby Acres Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Laceby Acres Primary Academy was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Laceby Acres Primary Academy have?

Laceby Acres Primary Academy has 208 pupils on roll.

What age range does Laceby Acres Primary Academy cover?

Laceby Acres Primary Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Laceby Acres Primary Academy?

Laceby Acres Primary Academy is at Swiftsure Crescent, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN34 5QN.