Signhills Infant Academy, Cleethorpes

Ofsted's report card from its 21 July 2026 inspection grades Signhills Infant Academy on 7 areas: 7 strong standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities and other barriers to their learning, make effective progress through the curriculum from their starting points and achieve well."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders check pupils' attendance and take swift action to provide support for families where needed."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have designed an ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum that builds pupils' knowledge carefully over time."

Early years - Strong standard. "Children in the early years make a positive start to their education."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders are passionate about providing carefully considered support to pupils."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders, governors and trustees understand that their vision, ‘strength for today, bright hope for tomorrow', begins from the moment pupils join the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have designed a personal development offer that combines taught lessons with wider opportunities and experiences."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to embed their approach to teaching in the early years to ensure that it prepares children even more effectively for their next steps in education".

For September 2026 entry, 53 families put Signhills Infant Academy as their first choice and 92 named it as one of their preferences, for 53 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 Signhills Infant Academy are Signhills Academy (under 0.1 miles, Good, 77% reading, 91% maths); Thrunscoe Primary and Nursery Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 79% reading, 84% maths); St Peter's CofE Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 64% reading, 64% maths); and Middlethorpe Primary Academy (0.9 miles, Outstanding, 94% reading, 97% maths).

Signhills Infant Academy is one of 4 schools run by St Lawrence Academies Trust Ltd, an academy trust.

6.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 2.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 17 pupils (8.5%) received SEN support and 9 (4.5%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Cleethorpes Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Pearson Road (opposite), 50 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Signhills Infant Academy stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Signhills Infant Academy issued 5 suspensions, 2.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Signhills Infant Academy are Cleethorpes Academy (0.7 miles), Beacon Academy (1.1 miles) and Humberston Academy (1.4 miles).