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Spalding High School

Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–18 · Community school

Stonegate, Spalding PE11 2PJ · spaldinghigh.lincs.sch.uk · 01775 722110

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Overview

Ofsted
Outstanding
2019 framework · inspected Nov 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
63
average Attainment 8 score. Lincolnshire 45.1, England 46
Demand for places
1.4
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
970
97% of 996 places
Local authority
Lincolnshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Selective
Free school meals
13.5%
First language not English
15.3%
School census 2025/26

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 202 families put the school first and 149 places were offered; 70% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 168 (Places 150)168September 2023: 168 (Places 150)168September 2024: 191 (Places 149)191September 2025: 197 (Places 150)197September 2026: 202 (Places 149)202Places 149
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261492021.4▲70%
September 2025Sept 20251501971.3▲73%
September 2024Sept 20241491911.3▲71%
September 2023Sept 20231501681.1▲82%
September 2022Sept 20221501681.1▲82%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 63, and 75.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Lincolnshire it was 45.1, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B- (37.4 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 63.3 (England 46.3)63.32017/18: 65.5 (England 46.5)65.52018/19: 63.8 (England 46.7)63.82021/22: 67.6 (England 48.8)67.62022/23: 64.3 (England 46.3)64.32023/24: 65.1 (England 45.9)65.12024/25: 63.0 (England 46.0)63.0England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲6346
▲75.3%45.4%
▲93.8%64.8%
▲82.2%40.5%
▲5.994.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form78.4−4.6
Sixth form college0.7—
Further education17.6+4.7
Apprenticeship0.7−1.3
Employment1.4—
Not in a lasting destination0.7−0.7
Activity not captured0.70

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 34.4 (England 30.5)C+2016/17: 34.6 (England 31.1)C+2017/18: 35.7 (England 32.1)B-2018/19: 36.0 (England 32.9)B-2021/22: 41.0 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 36.6 (England 34.2)B-2023/24: 34.1 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 37.4 (England 35.0)B-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
89 studentsB- (37.4)Average +0.13
89 studentsB- (37.8)Above average +0.16
9 studentsDist (36)Well above average +0.65
11.1%AAB or better
92.8%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2496C+ (34.1)-0.21
2022/23118B- (36.6)—
2021/2291B (41)—
2018/19128B- (36)-0.10
2017/18121B- (35.7)-0.02
2016/17133C+ (34.6)-0.02
2015/16100C+ (34.4)-0.14

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University75.3+0.8
Apprenticeship7.2+2.9
Employment11.3−1.5
Not in a lasting destination5.2+4.1
Activity not captured1−1.1

Ofsted

Spalding High School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 29 November 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Outstanding
Inspected
29 Nov 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth formGood

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jun 2009

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Feb 2020Monitoring visit
    SafeguardingMet

Before September 2019

  • Jun 2009Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding
  • Jun 2006Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (217 replies, to 2 September 2024).

Recommend
93%
Replies
217
2 Sept 2024
Child is happy at school▲92% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▲96% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▲93% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲97% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▲96% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼80% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▲93% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲94% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲94% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▲85% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲82% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 55% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲54% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 26% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲84% agreeEngland 67%

based on 39 parents (18%) with SEND

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