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West Butterwick C of E Primary Academy

Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy

School Lane, West Butterwick, Scunthorpe DN17 3LB · 01724 783244

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Overview

Ofsted
Requires improvement
2019 framework · inspected Oct 2023
Key stage 2, 2024/25
75%
reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. North Lincolnshire 62%, England 62%
Demand for places
1.1
first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
Pupils
53
Local authority
North Lincolnshire
Nursery class
Yes
Free school meals
26.7%
First language not English
0%
School census 2025/26

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Reception in September 2026, 8 families put the school first and 7 places were offered; 88% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 11 (Places 11)11September 2023: 6 (Places 6)6September 2024: 5 (Places 5)5September 2025: 5 (Places 5)5September 2026: 8 (Places 7)8Places 7
ReceptionPlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026781.1▲88%
September 2025Sept 2025551100%
September 2024Sept 2024551100%
September 2023Sept 2023661100%
September 2022Sept 202211111100%

Results

In 2024/25, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across North Lincolnshire it was 62%, and across England 62%.

Expected standard reading, writing and maths

2019/20 to 2021/22: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1922/2323/2424/252015/16: 64% (England 53%)64%2017/18: 50% (England 64%)50%2023/24: 50% (England 61%)50%2024/25: 75% (England 62%)75%England 62%

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 118018)

hidden: too few pupils to publish

Ofsted

West Butterwick C of E Primary Academy was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 31 October 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Requires improvement
Inspected
31 Oct 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118018)

Graded areas

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Early yearsRequires improvement

Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Sept 2021

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 118018), which Ofsted links to this one.

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Sept 2021Ungraded inspectionConcerns
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118018)

Before September 2019

  • Jan 2016Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    Early yearsOutstanding
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118018)

  • Nov 2010Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Early yearsRequires improvement

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118018)

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