Scartho Junior Academy
Academy converter primary school in Grimsby (North East Lincolnshire).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Welcome to Scartho Junior Academy's website! 'Developing a Lifelong Love of Learning' is at the heart of everything that we do. Our main aim is to provide memorable learning experiences for all children, that stay with them for a lifetime.
We believe that this is key to creating the desire for children to come to school and learn, which will in turn then have an impact on the progress that all children make with their learning.
Whilst the raising of standards in all areas of curriculum learning are of the utmost importance to us, we focus on developing every individual child so that they achieve their full academic, social, emotional and spiritual potential.
As a school, we ensure that we know every individual child so we know what 'makes them tick' and what they are passionate about in order that they become great learners. Linked in very carefully to this high emphasis on focusing on every individual child is the whole school approach to developing highly motivated learners.
Enrichment
3 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Badminton
- Football
- Music
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Basic Skills Quality MarkLiteracy and numeracy
Key facts
- URN
- 137787
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- North East Lincolnshire
- Constituency
- Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2012
Governing body (17 current, 2 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.12 governors are linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Ruth Rose Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by school staff | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Jack Graves Confirmed same person | Accounting OfficerTrust officer | since 2026 | |
| Mrs Jill Dyson Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by trustees | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Craig James Seddon Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Mike Hall | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 |
| Mr Scott Bradley Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Shola Bolaji Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Lee Drake Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Andrew Dyson | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2022 |
| Ms Betsy Wood | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2022 |
| Mr George William Blake Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2022 · until 2030 |
| Ms Lauren Jane Sanderson Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2021 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Sarah Louise Smith Confirmed same person | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2021 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Julia Jennings Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by school staff | since 2017 · until 2029 |
| Miss Paula Kettrick | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2013 | |
| Mrs Shola Bolaji Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2012 |
| Mrs Jill Dyson Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Nominated by LA and appointed by GB | since 2012 |
| Mr Jack Graves Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by school staff | since 2022 · term ended 2025 |
| Mr Neville Rice Confirmed same person Former | Accounting OfficerTrust officer | since 2012 · term ended 2025 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record