OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
19 March 2024
Latest published outcome
Good
OEIF
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour & attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership & management
Good
INSPECTION HISTORY
Previous Ofsted activity
18 January 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Published
1 March 2023
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Academy sponsor led
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
221
203 full-time ·
18 part-time
Female pupils
110
49.8% of pupils
Male pupils
111
50.2% of pupils
14.1 pts
above England
School
38.9%
North East Lincolnshire
33.9%
Yorkshire and The Humber
27.7%
England
24.8%
9.1 pts
above England
School
29.4%
North East Lincolnshire
8.7%
Yorkshire and The Humber
17.9%
England
20.3%
0.1 pts
below England
School
0.9%
North East Lincolnshire
1.0%
Yorkshire and The Humber
0.4%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
11.3%
25
Any other ethnic group
3.2%
7
Any other Black background
1.4%
3
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
19.0%
42 of
221 pupils
1.8 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
North East Lincolnshire
20.5%
Yorkshire and The Humber
20.9%
SEN support
15.4%
34 pupils
England
14.8%
0.6 pts
above
EHC plans
3.6%
8 pupils
England
6.0%
2.4 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Moderate learning difficulty
18
Speech, language & communication
14
Social, emotional & mental health
3
Specific learning difficulty
3
Autistic spectrum disorder
1
Other difficulty or disability
1
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
4.20%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
2.02 pts
lower than
England
School
4.20%
North East Lincolnshire
6.05%
Yorkshire and The Humber
6.13%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
6.74%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
9.07 pts
lower than
England
School
6.74%
North East Lincolnshire
16.26%
Yorkshire and The Humber
15.55%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
1.69%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
0.12 pts
lower than
England
School
1.69%
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
105.2%
17.1 pts
above England
Saint Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy
105.2%
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.