Crowle Primary Academy
Manor Road, Crowle, DN17 4ET
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE ROSE LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rhonda Blakemore
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 285
- Pupils on roll
- 232
- URN
- 139035
- Local authority
- North Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01724710312
About this school
Crowle Primary Academy is a primary academy in Crowle. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 232 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 33 | 33 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 52% | 67% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 12% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 64% | 79% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 73% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 55% | 73% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.60 | - | - |
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 Crowle Primary 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 | North Lincolnshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 52% | 60.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 59.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 62.5% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 236 |
| 2023/24 | 230 |
| 2024/25 | 233 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Crowle Primary Academy compares
Crowle Primary Academy ranked 27th of 52 primary schools in North Lincolnshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 63% | 4.6% | 25.9% | 232 | — |
| St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy | 81% | 4% | 17% | 113 | 0.2 miles |
| Eastoft Church of England Primary School | 38% | 6% | 23.1% | 57 | 3.1 miles |
| Belton All Saints CofE Primary School | 65% | 5.6% | 32.1% | 205 | 3.8 miles |
| Althorpe and Keadby Primary School | 53% | 5.7% | 44.8% | 186 | 4.4 miles |
| Luddington & Garthorpe Primary | 83% | 4.7% | 23.8% | 70 | 4.4 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 25.85%
- English as an additional language
- 1.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.6%
- Persistent absence
- 10.87%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy0.2 miles
Primary · Scunthorpe
-
Eastoft Church of England Primary School3.1 miles
Primary · Scunthorpe
-
Belton All Saints CofE Primary School3.8 miles
Primary · Doncaster
-
Althorpe and Keadby Primary School4.4 miles
Primary · Scunthorpe
-
Luddington & Garthorpe Primary4.4 miles
Primary · Scunthorpe
Other schools in Crowle
- The Axholme Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Crowle Primary Academy teach?
- Crowle Primary Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Crowle.
- Who is the headteacher of Crowle Primary Academy?
- The headteacher of Crowle Primary Academy is Mrs Rhonda Blakemore, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Crowle Primary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Crowle Primary 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 Crowle Primary Academy?
- Crowle Primary Academy has 232 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Crowle Primary Academy full?
- Crowle Primary Academy has capacity for 285 pupils and 232 on roll (81%), 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 Crowle Primary Academy a faith school?
- No. Crowle Primary Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Crowle Primary Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Crowle Primary Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Crowle Primary Academy?
- Crowle Primary Academy is part of THE ROSE LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Crowle Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 52% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Crowle Primary Academy rank locally?
- Crowle Primary Academy ranked 27th of 52 primary schools in North Lincolnshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Crowle Primary Academy's absence rate?
- Crowle Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 4.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Crowle Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Crowle Primary 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.