Oasis Academy Nunsthorpe, Grimsby

Ofsted's report card from its 6 May 2026 inspection grades Oasis Academy Nunsthorpe on 7 areas: 5 expected standard and 2 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have an accurate understanding of the quality of the curriculum and how it is taught across the school."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders have developed an engaging curriculum that builds children's learning across the early years."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have established a cohesive approach to inclusion."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders, including those with responsibility for governance, fulfil their statutory duties appropriately."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Pupils benefit from the school's inclusive and well-organised, personal, social and health education curriculum."

Achievement - Needs attention. "In recent years, a significant proportion of pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, have not achieved well in national tests."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Pupils' attendance in recent years has declined to below the national average."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue their robust oversight of the attendance and punctuality of pupils so that more pupils attend school regularly and on time"; "Leaders should continue to ensure that actions taken to develop pupils' knowledge and skills in the early stages of reading, writing and mathematics enable pupils to apply them effectively across the curriculum and make stronger progress".

In its own words: "Oasis Academy Nunsthorpe is driven by a powerful ethos which aspires to treat everyone inclusively and recognises the importance of a holistic approach to education."

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to Oasis Academy Nunsthorpe. We are an inclusive Academy, serving a wide and diverse local community. It will provide regular updated information for both parents and pupils."

The school runs after-school care.

In 2025, 49% of Year 6 pupils at Oasis Academy Nunsthorpe reached the expected standard in reading and 43% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 77% in North East Lincolnshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 48% in reading and 55% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 32 families put Oasis Academy Nunsthorpe as their first choice and 40 named it as one of their preferences, for 32 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Oasis Academy Nunsthorpe are Woodlands Academy (0.7 miles, Requires improvement, 84% reading, 84% maths); Scartho Gateway Academy (0.7 miles); Lisle Marsden Church of England Primary Academy (0.8 miles, Good, 80% reading, 84% maths); and Grange Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 48% reading, 69% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Oasis Academy Nunsthorpe.

Oasis Academy Nunsthorpe is one of 58 schools run by Oasis Community Learning, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

68.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Grimsby Town Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Sutcliffe Avenue (o/s 86), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Oasis Academy Nunsthorpe stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Oasis Academy Nunsthorpe issued 5 suspensions, 1.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Oasis Academy Nunsthorpe are Ormiston Maritime Academy (0.4 miles) and Oasis Academy Wintringham (0.9 miles).