Springfield Primary Academy

Springfield Primary Academy is performing well, continuing to maintain its status as a good school. The school creates a supportive environment where pupils are happy and eager to learn, supported by a broad and ambitious curriculum. Notable strengths include pupils' positive attitudes towards learning, effective identification and support for those with special educational needs, and a strong emphasis on reading from an early age. The school benefits from robust relationships with its trust, providing stability and support for staff and students alike.

Strengths

• Pupils have high expectations of achievement and typically meet them.
• Effective curriculum planning with clear small steps for learning.
• Strong emphasis on reading and early phonics education.
• Pupils engage successfully in a wide range of extracurricular activities.
• Positive and respectful school culture with good behavior management.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, explanations by teachers are not clear enough, hindering pupil learning.

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 Springfield Primary Academy attended 96.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 3.0% 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 Springfield 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 Springfield Primary Academy had 27.8 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, 6.2% of pupils at Springfield Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.8% 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 Springfield Primary Academy received £5,764 and spent £5,505 for each of its 349 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £280,000 (£804 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

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

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

What is Springfield Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Springfield Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Springfield Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Springfield Primary Academy was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Springfield Primary Academy have?

Springfield Primary Academy has 368 pupils on roll.

What age range does Springfield Primary Academy cover?

Springfield Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Springfield Primary Academy?

Springfield Primary Academy is at Springwood Crescent, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN33 3HG.