Great Coates Primary School

Great Coates Primary School has shown significant improvement since its last inspection and is well-positioned for its upcoming graded inspection. The school promotes a positive learning environment where pupils display enthusiasm and confidence, particularly in collaborative activities and presentations. The staff maintains high expectations for student achievement and behavior, resulting in exemplary conduct among pupils and impressive academic outcomes for all, including vulnerable groups such as those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The school's curriculum is ambitious and effectively sequenced, aiding in the exceptional understanding among pupils.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate a strong enthusiasm for learning.
• The school sets exceptionally high expectations for achievement and behavior.
• Pupils with SEND receive excellent support and make significant progress.
• Reading is integral to the curriculum, fostering a love for literature.
• Strong collaboration among staff ensures effective curriculum delivery.

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 Great Coates Primary School attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.9% 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 Great Coates Primary School 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 Great Coates Primary School had 19.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.5% 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, 13.0% of pupils at Great Coates Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.0% 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 Great Coates Primary School received £7,279 and spent £7,253 for each of its 277 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £106,000 (£384 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of Harbour Learning Trust, income was £7,685 and spending £7,718 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

Great Coates Primary School is part of Harbour Learning Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• Healing Primary Academy Grimsby
• Healing Academy Grimsby
• Woodlands Academy Grimsby
• William Barcroft Junior School Cleethorpes
• Ermine Primary Academy Lincoln
• St Giles Academy Lincoln
• Hartsholme Academy Lincoln

What is Great Coates Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Great Coates Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Great Coates Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Great Coates Primary School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Great Coates Primary School have?

Great Coates Primary School has 254 pupils on roll.

What age range does Great Coates Primary School cover?

Great Coates Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Great Coates Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Great Coates Primary School?

Great Coates Primary School is at Cromwell Road, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN37 9EN.