Queen Mary Avenue Infant School
Queen Mary Avenue, Cleethorpes, DN35 7SY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Melanie Castle
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 335
- Pupils on roll
- 276
- URN
- 117733
- Local authority
- North East Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01472230230
About this school
Queen Mary Avenue Infant School is a community primary school in Cleethorpes. It teaches children aged 3 to 7 and has 276 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Queen Mary Avenue Infant 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 305 |
| 2023/24 | 307 |
| 2024/25 | 309 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Queen Mary Avenue Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.4% | 60.3% | 276 | — |
| William Barcroft Junior School | 74% | 5.9% | 71.3% | 273 | 0.1 miles |
| Elliston Primary Academy | 72% | 4.5% | 59% | 341 | 0.3 miles |
| Old Clee Primary Academy | 74% | 4.8% | 38.6% | 458 | 0.4 miles |
| Reynolds Primary Academy | 63% | 5.1% | 29.1% | 338 | 0.5 miles |
| Bursar Primary Academy | 65% | 4.5% | 21.5% | 293 | 0.6 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)
- 60.27%
- English as an additional language
- 9.1%
- Overall absence
- 6.35%
- Persistent absence
- 21.29%
Location
Nearby schools
-
William Barcroft Junior School0.1 miles
Primary · Cleethorpes
-
Elliston Primary Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Cleethopres
-
Old Clee Primary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Grimsby
-
Reynolds Primary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Cleethorpes
-
Bursar Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Cleethorpes
Other schools in Cleethorpes
- Bursar Primary Academy Primary
- Middlethorpe Primary Academy Primary
- Reynolds Primary Academy Primary
- Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy Primary
- Signhills Academy Primary
- Signhills Infant Academy Primary
- St Peter's CofE Primary School Primary
- Thrunscoe Primary and Nursery Academy Primary
- William Barcroft Junior School Primary
- Beacon Academy Secondary
- Cleethorpes Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Queen Mary Avenue Infant School teach?
- Queen Mary Avenue Infant School teaches children aged 3 to 7. It is a primary school in Cleethorpes.
- Who is the headteacher of Queen Mary Avenue Infant School?
- The headteacher of Queen Mary Avenue Infant School is Mrs Melanie Castle, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Queen Mary Avenue Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Queen Mary Avenue Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Queen Mary Avenue Infant School?
- Queen Mary Avenue Infant School has 276 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 7.
- Is Queen Mary Avenue Infant School full?
- Queen Mary Avenue Infant School has capacity for 335 pupils and 276 on roll (82%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Queen Mary Avenue Infant School a faith school?
- No. Queen Mary Avenue Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Queen Mary Avenue Infant School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Queen Mary Avenue Infant School as having nursery classes.
- What is Queen Mary Avenue Infant School's absence rate?
- Queen Mary Avenue Infant School's overall absence rate is 6.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Queen Mary Avenue Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Queen Mary Avenue Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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 30 June 2026.