Waltham Leas Primary Academy

About Waltham Leas Primary Academy

Waltham Leas Primary Academy is a state-funded mixed primary school in North East Lincolnshire, serving children aged 5 to 11. In the local authority’s rankings of 42 primary schools, it sits at 17th place, placing it comfortably within the top half of its peers. The three highest-ranked schools in the same area are Stallingborough CofE Primary School, East Ravendale CofE Primary School Academy, and Great Coates Primary School, all of which score higher on the same ranking metric. Waltham Leas’s ranking score of 69 puts it some way behind those top performers, but it still outperforms the majority of schools in the borough. The school is led by headteacher Jane Thompson and has a capacity of 420 pupils, with 419 currently on roll, meaning it is effectively full. Its most recent Ofsted inspection, carried out in November 2023, awarded a Good rating across all five graded categories, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This is a consistent improvement from its previous inspection in 2014, which also rated overall effectiveness as Good but gave early years provision a lower grade.

Academically, Waltham Leas performs solidly against local and national benchmarks. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 69% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths combined, which is five percentage points above the North East Lincolnshire average of 64%. The school’s reading average score was 106, and maths averaged 104, both slightly above the national baseline of 100. A higher proportion of pupils achieved the expected standard in reading (83%) and writing (80%) than in maths (80% and 80% respectively). At the higher standard, 41% of pupils reached that level in reading, 19% in writing, and 16% in maths, though only 6% achieved the higher standard across all three subjects. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points. Nationally, the school ranks in the 35th percentile among all primary schools, and within Yorkshire and the Humber it sits in the 32nd percentile. While not among the highest-achieving schools in the region, its results are reliably above the local average.

The school offers a range of facilities including music rooms, art studios, a sensory room, playing fields, and a chapel. Sports provision covers football, cricket, dance, and rounders, and there are extracurricular clubs in chess, drama, and art. Waltham Leas has a broad SEND offer, with provisions for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, hearing and visual impairments, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. This makes it a practical choice for families whose children require additional support. The school is oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, there were 83 applications for 44 places, with 45 first-preference applications and 44 first-preference offers, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.89. This level of demand suggests strong local reputation, though families should be aware that securing a place is not guaranteed. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is Middlethorpe Primary Academy, 4.8 km away, which may be an alternative for those prioritising the highest Ofsted grade.

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