Reynolds Primary Academy
Machray Place, Cleethorpes, DN35 7LJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- LINCOLNSHIRE GATEWAY ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rebecca Scott
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Lincolnshire Gateway Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 338
- URN
- 139952
- Local authority
- North East Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01472691797
About this school
Reynolds Primary Academy is a primary academy in Cleethorpes. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 338 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
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
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- 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 | 52 | 47 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 37% | 34% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 58% | 62% | 76% |
| Expected standard in maths | 56% | 51% | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 60% | 75% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 100.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.20 | - | - |
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 Reynolds 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 East Lincolnshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 37% | 58.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 34% | 61.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 62% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 423 |
| 2023/24 | 416 |
| 2024/25 | 388 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Reynolds Primary Academy compares
Reynolds Primary Academy ranked 28th of 43 primary schools in North East 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 56% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 63% | 5.1% | 29.1% | 338 | — |
| Elliston Primary Academy | 72% | 4.5% | 59% | 341 | 0.4 miles |
| Queen Mary Avenue Infant School | — | 6.4% | 60.3% | 276 | 0.5 miles |
| St Peter's CofE Primary School | 50% | 7.9% | 52.6% | 149 | 0.5 miles |
| William Barcroft Junior School | 74% | 5.9% | 71.3% | 273 | 0.5 miles |
| Bursar Primary Academy | 65% | 4.5% | 21.5% | 293 | 0.7 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)
- 29.05%
- English as an additional language
- 6.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.13%
- Persistent absence
- 11.14%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Elliston Primary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Cleethopres
-
Queen Mary Avenue Infant School0.5 miles
Primary · Cleethorpes
-
St Peter's CofE Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Cleethorpes
-
William Barcroft Junior School0.5 miles
Primary · Cleethorpes
-
Bursar Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Cleethorpes
Other schools in Cleethorpes
Reynolds Primary Academy ranks 6th of the 8 ranked primary schools in Cleethorpes.
- Bursar Primary Academy Primary
- Middlethorpe Primary Academy Primary
- Queen Mary Avenue Infant School 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 Reynolds Primary Academy teach?
- Reynolds Primary Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Cleethorpes.
- Who is the headteacher of Reynolds Primary Academy?
- The headteacher of Reynolds Primary Academy is Mrs Rebecca Scott, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Reynolds Primary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Reynolds 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 Reynolds Primary Academy?
- Reynolds Primary Academy has 338 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Reynolds Primary Academy full?
- Reynolds Primary Academy has capacity for 420 pupils and 338 on roll (80%), 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 Reynolds Primary Academy a faith school?
- No. Reynolds Primary Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Reynolds Primary Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Reynolds Primary Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Reynolds Primary Academy?
- Reynolds Primary Academy is part of LINCOLNSHIRE GATEWAY ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Reynolds Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 37% 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 Reynolds Primary Academy rank locally?
- Reynolds Primary Academy ranked 28th of 43 primary schools in North East 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 56% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Reynolds Primary Academy's absence rate?
- Reynolds Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 5.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Reynolds Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Reynolds 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.