Spalding Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Lincolnshire
Neville Avenue, Spalding, PE11 2EJ
63
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
88%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
92.9%
19.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,486
Capacity used
Has space82%
1,820 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
88%
1st preference success rate
259 of 295 families who put it first got an offer
300
Places offered
533
Total applications
1.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 295 | 259 | ● 88% |
| 2nd preference | 179 | 38 | ● 21% |
| 3rd preference | 59 | 3 | ● 5% |
| Total | 533 | 300 | 56% |
1st preference success by year
Lincolnshire lets families list 3 preferences. 2 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Glenn Martin
- Address
- Neville Avenue, Spalding, PE11 2EJ
- Phone
- 01775722484
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Ward / constituency
- Spalding St Paul's · South Holland and The Deepings
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 144488
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 30% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 30% | — | — |
| SEN support | 12% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE ACADEMIES TRUST
1,486 pupils · 1,820 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
02 April 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,481 pupils
Attendance
92.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
19.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 44.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.42 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 26% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 54% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.43 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 45.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 31.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 52.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 15% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 266 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 265 | 6% | 37% | 58% | |
| English Language | 265 | 9% | 42% | 62% | |
| English Literature | 265 | 10% | 41% | 62% | |
| Combined Science | 245 | 2% | 29% | 48% | |
| Geography | 158 | 6% | 33% | 49% | |
| Business | 145 | 12% | 47% | 58% | |
| History | 128 | 20% | 47% | 63% | |
| Art and Design | 126 | 17% | 43% | 67% | |
| Religious Studies | 79 | 20% | 62% | 78% | |
| Polish | 26 | 65% | 88% | 92% | |
| Statistics | 26 | 19% | 69% | 88% | |
| Biology | 20 | 40% | 85% | 100% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Lincolnshire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.