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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 2 April 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 4 June 2019Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry578 applications · 311 places offered · 297 named it first
- 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 1.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2022 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2020 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2019 1.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2018 1.2; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2017 1.0; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2016 1.4; Lincolnshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 1.2; Lincolnshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Lincolnshire median
Dashed bars: as Sir John Gleed School (URN 139168), Sir John Gleed School (URN 120712), Gleed Boys' School (URN 120641), the previous school.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
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 | 311 | 578 | 1.9 | 297 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 300 | 533 | 1.8 | 295 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 298 | 504 | 1.7 | 273 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2023 | 291 | 530 | 1.8 | 312 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2022 | 293 | 490 | 1.7 | 308 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2021 | 262 | 471 | 1.8 | 246 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2020 | 265 | 438 | 1.7 | 241 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2019 | 267 | 405 | 1.5 | 219 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2018 | 269 | 331 | 1.2 | 169 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2017 | 223 | 226 | 1.0 | 122 | 0.55 |
| Sep 2016 * | 155 | 218 | 1.4 | 120 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2015 * | 167 | 203 | 1.2 | 118 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2014 * | 133 | 198 | 1.5 | 112 | 0.84 |
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.) | 249 | 44.1 | 27% | 53% | – |
| 2024/25 | 266 | 45.3 | 31% | 52% | – |
| 2023/24 | 261 | 44.1 | 26% | 54% | +0.42 |
| 2022/23 | 257 | 45.3 | 29% | 58% | +0.67 |
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 AcademyThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20251.9applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 0.4 km · LincolnshireOutstanding20232.0applications per place 62.5Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.1 km · LincolnshireGood20241.9applications per place 59.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 10.7 km · LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 38.7Attainment 8
- 13.9 km · LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20252.9applications per place 44.3Attainment 8
- 15.7 km · LincolnshireRemains Good20222.4applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
- 16.1 km · LincolnshireGood20222.0applications per place 67.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 16.3 km · LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 27.6Attainment 8
- 16.4 km · LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 144488 · 925/4035
- Trust
- South Lincolnshire Academies Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,820 pupils · 1,486 on roll
- Free school meals
- 30.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2016
- Replaced
- Sir John Gleed School (URN 139168); Sir John Gleed School (URN 120712); Gleed Boys' School (URN 120641)
- Address
- Neville Avenue, Donington, Spalding, PE11 2EJ
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire · South Holland
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources