Graded inspection · Feb 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in LincolnshireSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades
About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry271 applications · 146 places offered · 153 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2022 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2021 2.0; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2020 1.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2019 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2018 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2017 1.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2016 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2015 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2014 1.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- This school
- Lincolnshire median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 146 | 271 | 1.9 | 153 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2025 | 147 | 262 | 1.8 | 151 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2024 | 149 | 246 | 1.7 | 170 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2023 | 149 | 247 | 1.7 | 173 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2022 | 139 | 233 | 1.7 | 148 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2021 | 149 | 290 | 2.0 | 190 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2020 | 149 | 243 | 1.6 | 163 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2019 | 149 | 279 | 1.9 | 186 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2018 | 109 | 210 | 1.9 | 132 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2017 | 117 | 214 | 1.8 | 134 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2016 | 112 | 187 | 1.7 | 117 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2015 | 130 | 226 | 1.7 | 155 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2014 | 133 | 203 | 1.5 | 146 | 1.10 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 149 | 59.9 | 77% | 97% | – |
| 2024/25 | 145 | 58.8 | 75% | 95% | – |
| 2023/24 | 149 | 59.8 | 76% | 94% | +0.30 |
| 2022/23 | 124 | 60.9 | 77% | 94% | +0.44 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Spalding Grammar SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20241.9applications per place 59.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.7 km · LincolnshireOutstanding20232.0applications per place 62.5Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.1 km · LincolnshireStandards maintained20251.9applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 11.8 km · LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 38.7Attainment 8
- 13.9 km · LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20252.9applications per place 44.3Attainment 8
- 14.6 km · LincolnshireRemains Good20222.4applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
- 15.0 km · LincolnshireGood20222.0applications per place 67.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 15.5 km · LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 16.9 km · LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 27.6Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 139304 · 925/4603
- Trust
- Spalding Grammar School
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,070 pupils · 1,023 on roll
- Free school meals
- 8.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2013
- Replaced
- Spalding Grammar School (URN 120665)
- Address
- Priory Road, Spalding, PE11 2XH
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire · South Holland
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources