Schools in Cleethorpes
Cleethorpes' 12 schools fall within North East Lincolnshire Council's admissions scheme, with 10 primaries and 2 secondaries serving this Humber coast resort town. The secondary landscape is shaped by Signhills Academy and Cleethorpes Academy, both of which operate as academies with independent admissions criteria. North East Lincolnshire council schools use straight-line distance after sibling priority.
Academy status is widespread in Cleethorpes — 11 of the 12 schools are academies, including the majority of primaries. Families should check each academy's individual admissions policy rather than assuming a uniform council-wide distance rule applies. Middlethorpe Primary Academy and Queen Mary Avenue Infant School are among the primary options, with faith-designation schools — including Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary — requiring faith supplementary information forms for some places.
The close proximity of Grimsby means Cleethorpes families often consider secondary options across the combined conurbation. Historical offer distances for North East Lincolnshire schools are available through catchment.school; given the high proportion of academies, comparing each school's published criteria individually is essential before submitting a coordinated application.
School demand in Cleethorpes
Across the 12 schools in Cleethorpes with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 87%. 1 of them is currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
2 schools in Cleethorpes have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
11 of the schools in Cleethorpes are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of North East Lincolnshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
3 of the schools in Cleethorpes have a current Ofsted rating, of which 3 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Cleethorpes: 1 oversubscribed (10)
Queen Mary Avenue Infant School
Primary · Community school
Cleethorpes · DN35 7SY
Signhills Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Cleethorpes · DN35 0DN
Middlethorpe Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Cleethorpes · DN35 9PY
Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Cleethorpes · DN35 9DL
Signhills Infant Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Cleethorpes · DN35 0DN
Bursar Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Cleethorpes · DN35 9HU
Thrunscoe Primary and Nursery Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Cleethorpes · DN35 8UL
Reynolds Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Cleethorpes · DN35 7LJ
St Peter's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Cleethorpes · DN35 8LW
William Barcroft Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Cleethorpes · DN35 7SU
Secondary Schools in Cleethorpes (2)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Cleethorpes are set by North East Lincolnshire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.