Bushfield Road Infant School
Bushfield Road, Scunthorpe, DN16 1NA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Angela Spencer
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Scunthorpe
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 219
- Pupils on roll
- 173
- URN
- 117747
- Local authority
- North Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01724842829
About this school
Bushfield Road Infant School is a community primary school in Scunthorpe. It teaches children aged 3 to 7 and has 173 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Bushfield Road Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Bushfield Road 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 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 198 |
| 2023/24 | 198 |
| 2024/25 | 182 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bushfield Road Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.9% | 34.6% | 173 | — |
| Outwood Junior Academy Brumby | 67% | 5.1% | 49.8% | 436 | 0.2 miles |
| Frodingham Infant School | — | 5.6% | 44.2% | 192 | 0.5 miles |
| Lincoln Gardens Primary School | 46% | 5.2% | 38.6% | 405 | 0.6 miles |
| Priory Lane Community School | 61% | 5.8% | 43.2% | 304 | 0.8 miles |
| St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy | 74% | 5.3% | 22.8% | 327 | 1.0 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)
- 34.59%
- English as an additional language
- 12.6%
- Overall absence
- 6.92%
- Persistent absence
- 15.69%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Outwood Junior Academy Brumby0.2 miles
Primary · Scunthorpe
-
Frodingham Infant School0.5 miles
Primary · Scunthorpe
-
Lincoln Gardens Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Scunthorpe
-
Priory Lane Community School0.8 miles
Primary · Scunthorpe
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St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy1.0 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
- 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
- Holme Valley Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Bushfield Road Infant School teach?
- Bushfield Road Infant School teaches children aged 3 to 7. It is a primary school in Scunthorpe.
- Who is the headteacher of Bushfield Road Infant School?
- The headteacher of Bushfield Road Infant School is Mrs Angela Spencer, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Bushfield Road Infant School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bushfield Road 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 many pupils are at Bushfield Road Infant School?
- Bushfield Road Infant School has 173 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 7.
- Is Bushfield Road Infant School full?
- Bushfield Road Infant School has capacity for 219 pupils and 173 on roll (79%), 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 Bushfield Road Infant School a faith school?
- No. Bushfield Road Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Bushfield Road Infant School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Bushfield Road Infant School as having nursery classes.
- What is Bushfield Road Infant School's absence rate?
- Bushfield Road Infant School's overall absence rate is 6.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Bushfield Road 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 Bushfield Road 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.