Laceby Stanford Primary Academy

About Laceby Stanford Primary Academy

Laceby Stanford Primary Academy is a school that local families clearly want to get into. For the 2025/26 intake, the school received 35 applications for just 25 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.4. All 25 first-preference applicants were offered a spot, which suggests that for those who put it top of their list, the odds are good. The school is a state primary for mixed genders aged 4 to 11, with a capacity of 259 and currently 237 pupils on roll. It has no religious character and is led by headteacher Leona Hackfath. The most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in January 2019, confirmed the school remains Good, a rating it has held since at least its previous graded inspection in 2015. The early years provision was also rated Good in that 2015 inspection, and the school has clearly maintained its standards since then.

Academically, the school’s most recent Ofsted graded inspection in 2015 rated overall effectiveness as Good, with leadership and management also Good. The earlier 2013 inspection had rated the school as Requires Improvement, so the trajectory has been positive. The school’s early years provision was judged Good in 2015. For Key Stage 2 outcomes, the local authority average for primary schools in North East Lincolnshire is 64 per cent achieving the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. While Laceby Stanford’s own KS2 results are not provided in this data, the school sits in a competitive local context where the top-performing peers include Stallingborough CofE Primary School and East Ravendale CofE Primary School Academy. With 16 per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a community with some disadvantage, yet it remains oversubscribed, which often signals parental confidence in the education on offer.

The school offers a solid range of facilities including a dining hall, art studios, music rooms, an ICT suite, gymnasium, sensory room and a forest school. Sports provision covers tennis, rounders, athletics, swimming and cross country, and there are clubs for gardening, drama, choir and eco club. For families with children who have additional needs, the school lists SEND provisions for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, visual impairment and other difficulties. The school does not have a nursery or a sixth form, and it is not a boarding school. Given its oversubscribed status and the range of facilities and SEND support, Laceby Stanford seems to suit families who value a well-equipped primary with strong local demand and a clear record of improvement from Requires Improvement to Good.

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