Alkborough Primary School
Whitton Road, Alkborough, Scunthorpe, DN15 9JG
This school is closed (it closed in June 2025).
It was replaced by Alkborough Primary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Julie Ashton
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Scunthorpe
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 90
- Pupils on roll
- 63
- URN
- 117725
- Local authority
- North Lincolnshire
About this school
Alkborough Primary School was a community primary school in Scunthorpe. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 63 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Alkborough Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 11 | 12 | 10 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 67% | 50% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 8% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 64% | 83% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 55% | 83% | 60% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 55% | 92% | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 106.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 105.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.00 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Alkborough Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | North Lincolnshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 55% | 60.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 59.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 50% | 62.5% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 81 |
| 2023/24 | 65 |
| 2024/25 | 63 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Alkborough Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50% | 6.1% | 8.9% | 63 | — |
| Alkborough Primary Academy | — | — | — | 57 | 0.0 miles |
| Winteringham Primary School | 81% | 4.4% | 13.7% | 91 | 2.8 miles |
| Burton-Upon-Stather Primary Academy | — | — | — | 164 | 3.0 miles |
| Winterton Church of England Infants' School | — | 4.8% | 23.2% | 156 | 3.4 miles |
| Winterton Junior School | 62% | 5.3% | 40.1% | 192 | 3.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 8.93%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 6.06%
- Persistent absence
- 34.78%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Alkborough Primary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Scunthorpe
-
Winteringham Primary School2.8 miles
Primary · Scunthorpe
-
Burton-Upon-Stather Primary Academy3.0 miles
Primary · Scunthorpe
-
Winterton Church of England Infants' School3.4 miles
Primary · Scunthorpe
-
Winterton Junior School3.5 miles
Primary · Scunthorpe
Other schools in Scunthorpe
- Alkborough Primary Academy Primary
- Althorpe and Keadby Primary School Primary
- Berkeley Primary School Primary
- Bottesford Infant School Primary
- Bottesford Junior School Primary
- Burton-Upon-Stather Primary Academy Primary
- Bushfield Road Infant School Primary
- Crosby Primary School Primary
- Eastoft Church of England Primary School Primary
- Enderby Road Infant School Primary
- Frodingham Infant School Primary
- Gunness and Burringham Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Alkborough Primary School teach?
- Alkborough Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Scunthorpe.
- Has Alkborough Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Alkborough Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Alkborough Primary School?
- Alkborough Primary School had 63 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Alkborough Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 55% in 2022/23 and 50% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Alkborough Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Alkborough Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 8 July 2025.