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Scartho Infants' School and Nursery

PrimaryAges 3–7Academy

Grimsby, DN33 2DH · North East Lincolnshire local authority

Grimsby’s School Grade C better than 34% of towns in England

Getting in
25/25
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
142 pupils
58% of its 245 places
Free school meals
29%
29 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Scartho Infants' School and Nursery

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 142 pupils for 245 places
  • Ofsted: Requires improvement, March 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (25 of 25)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (DN33 2) sold for a median £195,000; Grimsby’s is £138,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Scartho Infants' School and Nursery?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

25
families put it first for September 2026
35
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Wellspring Academy Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through North East Lincolnshire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Grimsby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.59 per place
63% got their first choice
1.07 per place
91% got their first choice
1.05 per place
94% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Scartho Infants' School and Nursery
0.71 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

160 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
7.5%England 15.3%
EHC plan
7.5%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
18.1%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
24.3%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 45%Boys 55%
Its letter

No letter for Scartho Infants' School and Nursery

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Requires improvement, March 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Scartho Infants' School and Nursery

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in DN33 2, the school’s postcode sector

Grimsby property prices →
£195,000
median sale, 257 sales in 36 months · Grimsby £138,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025DN33 2Grimsby
DN33 2Grimsby

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£293K
Semi-detached
£186K
Terraced
£153K
Flat
£155K
DN33 2Grimsby

Homes in DN33 2 sell for well over Grimsby’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

12 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNDBD−BAADDC+BB+Scartho Infants' School and…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Grimsby, DN33 2DH

Scartho Infants' School and Nursery: common questions

How hard is it to get into Scartho Infants' School and Nursery?

For September 2026, 25 families put Scartho Infants' School and Nursery first and all of them were offered a place; 35 places were offered in all.

What is Scartho Infants' School and Nursery’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Requires improvement (March 2022).

How much do houses cost near Scartho Infants' School and Nursery?

Homes in its postcode sector, DN33 2, sold for a median £195,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (257 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Grimsby’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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