Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy
Philip Avenue, Cleethorpes, DN35 9DL
61 pupils · 27% of 230 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Trust
- OUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- North East Lincolnshire
- Free school meals
- 36.7%
Ofsted
Needs attention (2025) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Needs attention |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Urgent improvement |
| Achievement | Urgent improvement |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Needs attention |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
| Early years | Needs attention |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 9 December 2025, published 9 February 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 8% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 0% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1 first-choice application per place (Sept 2025 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2025 entry | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 9 | 9 | 15 | 9 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 11 | 11 | 18 | 11 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 13 | 13 | 19 | 13 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 11 | 11 | 21 | 11 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 20 | 20 | 25 | 20 |
| Sept 2018 entry | 14 | 12 | 22 | 14 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Bursar Primary Academy 0.6 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Middlethorpe Primary Academy 0.7 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- Old Clee Primary Academy 1.1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Thrunscoe Primary and Nursery Academy 1.1 km · No overall grade (2025)
- St Peter's CofE Primary School 1.4 km · No overall grade (2025)
- William Barcroft Junior School 1.5 km · Improved significantly (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.