Spalding Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–19 · Spalding, Lincolnshire
Spalding Academy is a secondary school in Spalding, Lincolnshire for ages 11–19 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 2 April 2025.
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Key facts
- Address
- Neville Avenue, Donington, Spalding, PE11 2EJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Council
- Lincolnshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,486 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 2 April 2025
Strengths
- “The school is caring and welcoming.”
- “It has high expectations of what pupils can achieve and how they should behave.”
- “Everything the school does is underpinned by its values of ‘aspire, challenge and achieve’.”
To improve
- “However, on occasion, some teachers do not do this consistently well.”
- “When this is the case, some pupils do not learn as well as they could in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 31% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.3 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 297 first-preference applications, 311 offers in total, 273 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
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Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Lincolnshire.
- Spalding High School 0.3 mi Outstanding
- Spalding Grammar School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- University Academy Holbeach 6.6 mi Not judged
- Cowley Academy 8.6 mi Not judged
- Bourne Academy 9.7 mi School remains Good
- Bourne Grammar School 10.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Thomas Middlecott Academy 10.1 mi Not judged
- The Deepings School 10.2 mi Not judged