Queen Mary Avenue Infant School, Cleethorpes
Queen Mary Avenue Infant School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 7 in Cleethorpes. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in July 2024. It was 80% full in 2025.
- Ofsted
- Good (2024)
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- Below England average
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to North East Lincolnshire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Queen Mary Avenue Infant School in detail
Getting a place at Queen Mary Avenue Infant School
For September 2026 entry, 54 families put Queen Mary Avenue Infant School as their first choice and 85 named it as one of their preferences, for 54 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at Queen Mary Avenue Infant School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Queen Mary Avenue Infant School are William Barcroft Junior School (under 0.1 miles, Good, 75% reading, 80% maths); Elliston Primary Academy (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 79% reading, 81% maths); Old Clee Primary Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 86% reading, 82% maths); and Reynolds Primary Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 76% reading, 78% maths).
William Barcroft Junior SchoolElliston Primary AcademyOld Clee Primary AcademyReynolds Primary Academy
Who goes there
47.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 12% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
In 2026, 47 pupils (17%) received SEN support and 21 (7.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is New Clee Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Stanhope Place (adjacent), 60 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Queen Mary Avenue Infant School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
In August 2026, police recorded 582 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in North East Lincolnshire (211), as is usual near a town centre.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Queen Mary Avenue Infant School issued 1 suspension, 0.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Queen Mary Avenue Infant School are Havelock Academy (0.3 miles), Special Educational Needs Support Service (Senss) (0.9 miles), Beacon Academy (1 mile) and Cleethorpes Academy (1.2 miles).
Havelock AcademySpecial Educational Needs Support Service (Senss)Beacon AcademyCleethorpes Academy
Sources: DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted's report, in its own words
What is it like to attend this school?
Pupils enjoy their time at school. They feel safe and know that there is a trusted adult they can go to if they are worried about something. Caring and positive relationships between staff and pupils are evident across the school. This contributes towards the school's warm and friendly atmosphere.
The school's aim for all pupils to 'dream big, shine bright' is consistently promoted by leaders and staff. Pupils contribute well to the life of the school. They carry out roles, such as library and assembly monitors, with maturity. School councillors play an active part in sharing their ideas with leaders. Recently, they have helped to select new resources for the early years playground and interviewed applicants for new jobs at the school.
What does the school do well and what does it need to do better?
The school has designed an ambitious curriculum that meets the needs of pupils at the school, including those with SEND. Leaders have carefully considered what children must learn in the early years. They have ensured that the key stage 1 curriculum builds on this. For example, in science, there is a strong emphasis on what pupils must know and the scientific skills that pupils should develop. The school provides regular opportunities, from Nursery to Year 2, for pupils to use equipment to support investigations. During the inspection, children in the early years used magnifying glasses to examine the parts of a plant. Adults skilfully supported them to use vocabulary, such as stem, roots and petals, to describe what they observed.
In a small number of subjects, the school has not defined what it wants pupils to know precisely enough. Where this is the case, teachers are uncertain of the curriculum content to be taught and in what order. This makes it hard for pupils to learn effectively. Leaders are in the process of making the necessary changes to these curriculum subjects. They make effective use of the more established subjects as a framework for this development.
From Ofsted's July 2024 inspection report: the opening paragraphs of each section, quoted word for word. Read the full report Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ofsted Insights
Ofsted rated this school Good at its July 2024 inspection.
Rated Good for
Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management, Early years.
At a Glance
47.1%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
21.2
Avg class size
24.6
Infant (KS1)
10
Total classes
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Queen Mary Avenue Infant School
Before and after school care
Queen Mary Avenue Infant School is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school. Source: Free breakfast clubs: schools on the programme, Department for Education Free breakfast clubs in North East Lincolnshire
Term dates
Queen Mary Avenue Infant School is a community school, so its term dates are set by North East Lincolnshire. Training (INSET) days, when pupils are not in school, vary by school: check the school's own calendar.
2026 to 2027
- Autumn term: Thursday 3 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026)
- Spring term: Tuesday 5 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027)
- Summer term: Wednesday 14 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027)
2027 to 2028
- Autumn term: Monday 6 September to Friday 17 December 2027 (half term Monday 25 October to Friday 29 October 2027)
- Spring term: Wednesday 5 January to Friday 31 March 2028 (half term Monday 14 February to Friday 18 February 2028)
- Summer term: Wednesday 19 April to Friday 21 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028)
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Queen Mary Avenue Infant School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Queen Mary Avenue Infant School is in North East Lincolnshire; for families living there:
- North East Lincolnshire's school travel policy: Home-to-School Transport Policy 2027 -2028
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 43
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 13
- Children hurt
- 17
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 43 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 13 serious and 30 slight.
17 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 9 on foot, 5 on a bicycle and 3 in a vehicle or otherwise.
14 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in North East Lincolnshire is 19 (the median across 73 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
80%
Available places
215 pupils
270 places
55 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Cleethorpes
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Cleethorpes
Across North East Lincolnshire council
Places available
2,175
Applications
1,358
Got 1st preference
97.4%
Got preferred school
99.6%
All primary applications across North East Lincolnshire council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Every first choice offered
Inspection History(11)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
47
SEN Support
21
EHC Plans
24.6%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
276
Total Pupils
144
Boys
132
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
11
Teachers
25.1:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£51,653
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£6,477
Per pupil
£1729k
Total funding
£185k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
6.4%
Overall absence
21.3%
Persistent absence
155
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Queen Mary Avenue Infant School
Questions parents ask about Queen Mary Avenue Infant School
What is Queen Mary Avenue Infant School's Ofsted rating?
Queen Mary Avenue Infant School was rated Good at its most recent Ofsted inspection in July 2024.
What is the catchment area for Queen Mary Avenue Infant School?
No fixed boundary. When Queen Mary Avenue Infant School is oversubscribed, North East Lincolnshire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Queen Mary Avenue Infant School?
Queen Mary Avenue Infant School was not full in 2025: it ran at 80% of its 270 places.
How big are the classes at Queen Mary Avenue Infant School?
Classes at Queen Mary Avenue Infant School average 21.2 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to Queen Mary Avenue Infant School?
Queen Mary Avenue Infant School has around 276 pupils on roll. 47% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Queen Mary Avenue Infant School?
6.4% of sessions were missed at Queen Mary Avenue Infant School in 2024/25. 21.3% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Queen Mary Avenue Infant School?
Apply through North East Lincolnshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Queen Mary Avenue Infant School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Queen Mary Avenue Infant School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Queen Mary Avenue Infant School is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school.
What are Queen Mary Avenue Infant School's term dates?
Queen Mary Avenue Infant School is a community school, so its term dates are set by North East Lincolnshire. In 2026 to 2027: Autumn term: Thursday 3 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026); Spring term: Tuesday 5 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027); Summer term: Wednesday 14 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027). In 2027 to 2028: Autumn term: Monday 6 September to Friday 17 December 2027 (half term Monday 25 October to Friday 29 October 2027); Spring term: Wednesday 5 January to Friday 31 March 2028 (half term Monday 14 February to Friday 18 February 2028); Summer term: Wednesday 19 April to Friday 21 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028).
How many road collisions happen near Queen Mary Avenue Infant School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 43 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 13 serious and 30 slight. 17 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 9 on foot, 5 on a bicycle and 3 in a vehicle or otherwise. 14 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in North East Lincolnshire is 19 (the median across 73 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Queen Mary Avenue Infant School?
Queen Mary Avenue Infant School is at Queen Mary Avenue, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, DN35 7SY.
Sources: North East Lincolnshire term dates; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)