Skegness Junior Academy
Pelham Road, Skegness, PE25 2QX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- GREENWOOD ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Jo French
- Sponsor
- Greenwood Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Boston and Skegness
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 318
- URN
- 138442
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01754879166
About this school
Skegness Junior Academy is a primary academy in Skegness. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 318 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. 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 90 | 89 | 70 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 58% | 55% | 51% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 7% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 62% | 65% | 64% |
| Expected standard in maths | 71% | 70% | 74% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 57% | 60% | 66% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | 0.00 | - | - |
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 Skegness Junior Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Lincolnshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 58% | 54% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 51% | 56.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 316 |
| 2023/24 | 312 |
| 2024/25 | 316 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Skegness Junior Academy compares
Skegness Junior Academy ranked 182nd of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 51% | 5.6% | 70.3% | 318 | — |
| Skegness Infant Academy | — | 4.7% | 56.5% | 260 | 0.1 miles |
| Beacon Primary Academy | 70% | 5.3% | 37.4% | 206 | 0.4 miles |
| The Richmond Primary Academy | 50% | 6.3% | 38.3% | 374 | 0.7 miles |
| Seathorne Primary Academy | 67% | 6.3% | 53.4% | 285 | 1.0 miles |
| Ingoldmells Academy | 73% | 6.6% | 77.1% | 112 | 3.2 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)
- 70.25%
- English as an additional language
- 6.6%
- Overall absence
- 5.6%
- Persistent absence
- 14.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Skegness Infant Academy0.1 miles
Primary · Skegness
-
Beacon Primary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Skegness
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The Richmond Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Skegness
-
Seathorne Primary Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Skegness
-
Ingoldmells Academy3.2 miles
Primary · Skegness
Other schools in Skegness
Skegness Junior Academy ranks 7th of the 9 ranked primary schools in Skegness.
- Beacon Primary Academy Primary
- Chapel St Leonards Primary School Primary
- Hogsthorpe Primary Academy Primary
- Ingoldmells Academy Primary
- Seathorne Primary Academy Primary
- Skegness Infant Academy Primary
- The Richmond Primary Academy Primary
- The St Peter and St Paul C of E Primary School Primary
- The Wainfleet Magdalen Church of England/Methodist School Primary
- Skegness Academy Secondary
- Skegness Grammar School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Skegness Junior Academy teach?
- Skegness Junior Academy teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Skegness.
- Who is the headteacher of Skegness Junior Academy?
- The headteacher of Skegness Junior Academy is Ms Jo French, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Skegness Junior Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Skegness Junior Academy, 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 Skegness Junior Academy?
- Skegness Junior Academy has 318 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Skegness Junior Academy full?
- Skegness Junior Academy has capacity for 360 pupils and 318 on roll (88%), 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 Skegness Junior Academy a faith school?
- No. Skegness Junior Academy has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Skegness Junior Academy?
- Skegness Junior Academy is part of GREENWOOD ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Skegness Junior Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 58% in 2022/23 and 51% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Skegness Junior Academy rank locally?
- Skegness Junior Academy ranked 182nd of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Skegness Junior Academy's absence rate?
- Skegness Junior Academy's overall absence rate is 5.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Skegness Junior Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Skegness Junior Academy'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 1 July 2026.