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Great Coates Primary School

URN
142841
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Great Coates Primary School
URN
142841
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
3-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

68 / 100

Good

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

66

Inspection

58

Admissions Value

67

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of primary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#26 of 40 schools in North East Lincolnshire

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Proceed With Caution

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Great Coates Primary School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
  • Application portfolio balance across your shortlist
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Great Coates Primary School

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
17 December 2024
Inspection date
20 November 2024
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    Improved significantly

    Graded 17 December 2024

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Reception in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

26

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

51

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

26

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.96×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
North East Lincolnshire
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (North East Lincolnshire)
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
https://gca.harbourlearningtrust.com/

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select North East Lincolnshire to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

90.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

78.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

80.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

71.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

DN37 9EN - Cromwell Road, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire

Contact details

Address
Cromwell Road, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
Postcode
DN37 9EN
Phone
1472808608
Website
https://gca.harbourlearningtrust.com/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
North East Lincolnshire
Local authority code
812

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 179 schools in North East Lincolnshire.

Authority statistics

Total schools

179

Open schools

74

Closed schools

105

Primary schools

129

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    17 December 202420 November 2024-Improved significantlyView report for inspection published 17 December 2024
    • Improved significantly

      Published
      17 December 2024
      Inspected
      20 November 2024
      Type
      -
      Report
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    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    51.0%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 26

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    23

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary129 (73.3%)
    • Secondary23 (13.1%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other24 (13.6%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Great Coates Primary School0 mPrimaryClosed
    Whitgift School169 mSecondaryClosed
    John Whitgift Academy169 mSecondaryOpen
    Great Coates Village Nursery School325 mNurseryOpen
    Willows Primary School613 mPrimaryClosed
    Willows Academy613 mPrimaryOpen
    Wybers Wood Junior School717 mPrimaryClosed
    Wybers Wood Infant School717 mPrimaryClosed
    Wybers Wood Primary School732 mPrimaryClosed
    Wybers Wood Academy732 mPrimaryOpen
    • Great Coates Primary School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Whitgift School
      Distance
      169 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • John Whitgift Academy
      Distance
      169 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open
    • Great Coates Village Nursery School
      Distance
      325 m
      Phase
      Nursery
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Primary) and local authority (North East Lincolnshire)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Allerton Infants' SchoolPrimaryDN40 2HPClosed
    Allerton Junior SchoolPrimaryDN40 2HPClosed
    Allerton Primary SchoolPrimaryDN40 2HPClosed
    Bradley Park Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimaryDN33 1RJClosed
    Bradley Park Junior SchoolPrimaryDN33 1RJClosed
    • Allerton Infants' School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      DN40 2HP
      Status
      Closed
    • Allerton Junior School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      DN40 2HP
      Status
      Closed
    • Allerton Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      DN40 2HP
      Status
      Closed
    • Bradley Park Infant and Nursery School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      DN33 1RJ
      Status
      Closed
    • Bradley Park Junior School
    Willows Primary School
    Distance
    613 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Willows Academy
    Distance
    613 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Wybers Wood Junior School
    Distance
    717 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Wybers Wood Infant School
    Distance
    717 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Wybers Wood Primary School
    Distance
    732 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Wybers Wood Academy
    Distance
    732 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    DN33 1RJ
    Status
    Closed