Tle Independent School, Scunthorpe
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 7 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Tle Independent School excels at providing a calm, inclusive environment where pupils feel valued and safe after difficult previous experiences. The school offers excellent mental health and emotional support through qualified key workers and counselling services. Pupils benefit from a broad curriculum tailored to their interests and aspirations, with particular strength in helping them prepare for post-16 options through work experience and careers guidance.
Key Strengths
- Strong personal development and wellbeing programme with effective pastoral support and mental health services
- Welcoming environment that helps pupils re-engage after previous negative school experiences
- Well-designed PSHE curriculum covering relationships, sex education and British values
- Effective support for pupils' social, emotional and mental health needs through key workers and counselling
- Pupils feel safe and develop trusting relationships with staff
Areas for Improvement
- Teaching quality is inconsistent across wider curriculum subjects due to insufficient staff training
- Low overall attendance rates, though leaders are beginning to address this
- Teachers do not consistently use assessment to fill gaps in pupils' knowledge effectively
- Lack of rigorous monitoring systems to check impact of curriculum and teaching
- Staff have not received adequate training to support pupils' learning needs with precision
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met with an open and positive culture of safeguarding where all legal requirements are fulfilled and pupils are made safer and feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Sports, creative arts, motor mechanics, hairdressing, off-site activities, work experience
Tle Independent School is a special school that provides a welcoming environment and fresh start for pupils who have experienced long periods out of education. However, the quality of teaching and curriculum delivery varies across subjects, and overall pupil achievement and attendance remain areas requiring improvement.
At a Glance
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Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
85%
Available places
17 pupils
20 capacity
3 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Scunthorpe
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Scunthorpe
Admissions Demand - North Lincolnshire
Places available
2,283
Applications
1,858
Got 1st preference
95.2%
Got preferred school
99.0%
Secondary admissions across North Lincolnshire (2025/26)
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Tle Independent School
St Luke's Primary School
St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy
St Peter and St Paul CofE Primary School
The Grange Primary School
Lincoln Gardens Primary School
Outwood Junior Academy Brumby
Holme Valley Primary School
Oakfield Primary School
Bushfield Road Infant School
Frodingham Infant School
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