OFSTED
Latest inspection
9 December 2025
Latest published outcome
Met
Renewed framework
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Needs attention
Curriculum & teaching
Urgent improvement
Achievement
Urgent improvement
Attendance & behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development
Needs attention
Leadership & governance
Needs attention
INSPECTION HISTORY
Previous Ofsted activity
4 October 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Published
13 November 2023
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Local authority
North East Lincolnshire
Trust
OUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
61
60 full-time ·
1 part-time
Female pupils
30
49.2% of pupils
Male pupils
31
50.8% of pupils
11.3 pts
above England
School
36.1%
North East Lincolnshire
33.9%
Yorkshire and The Humber
27.7%
England
24.8%
3.9 pts
below England
School
16.4%
North East Lincolnshire
8.7%
Yorkshire and The Humber
17.9%
England
20.3%
2.3 pts
above England
School
3.3%
North East Lincolnshire
1.0%
Yorkshire and The Humber
0.4%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other ethnic group
6.6%
4
Any other White background
3.3%
2
Any other Black background
1.6%
1
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
34.4%
21 of
61 pupils
13.6 pts
above England
England:
20.8%
North East Lincolnshire
20.5%
Yorkshire and The Humber
20.9%
SEN support
13.1%
8 pupils
England
14.8%
1.7 pts
below
EHC plans
21.3%
13 pupils
England
6.0%
15.3 pts
above
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Social, emotional & mental health
8
Speech, language & communication
7
Autistic spectrum disorder
2
Moderate learning difficulty
2
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
6.77%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
0.55 pts
higher than
England
School
6.77%
North East Lincolnshire
6.05%
Yorkshire and The Humber
6.13%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
19.51%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
3.70 pts
higher than
England
School
19.51%
North East Lincolnshire
16.26%
Yorkshire and The Humber
15.55%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
0.00%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
1.80 pts
lower than
England
School
0.00%
North East Lincolnshire
1.61%
Yorkshire and The Humber
1.77%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
26.5%
61.7 pts
below England
Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy
26.5%
North East Lincolnshire
83.0%
Yorkshire and The Humber
88.6%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.