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Spalding Grammar School

Secondary · Boys · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Priory Road, Spalding PE11 2XH · spaldinggrammar.lincs.sch.uk · 01775 765800

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Feb 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
58.8
average Attainment 8 score. Lincolnshire 45.1, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,023
96% of 1,070 places
Local authority
Lincolnshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Selective
Free school meals
8.1%
First language not English
10.7%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Spalding Grammar School

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 153 families put the school first and 146 places were offered; 80% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 148 (Places 139)148September 2023: 173 (Places 149)173September 2024: 170 (Places 149)170September 2025: 151 (Places 147)151September 2026: 153 (Places 146)153Places 146
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261461531▲80%
September 2025Sept 20251471511▲77%
September 2024Sept 20241491701.1▲76%
September 2023Sept 20231491731.2▲76%
September 2022Sept 20221391481.1▲85%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 58.8, and 75.2% 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 C+ (34.2 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: 61.9 (England 46.3)61.92017/18: 63.5 (England 46.5)63.52018/19: 59.2 (England 46.7)59.22021/22: 63.7 (England 48.8)63.72022/23: 60.9 (England 46.3)60.92023/24: 59.8 (England 45.9)59.82024/25: 58.8 (England 46.0)58.8England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲58.846.0
▲75.2%45.4%
▲95.2%64.8%
▲62.8%40.5%
▲5.324.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form68.5−11.8
Further education26.2+11.4
Apprenticeship2+1.2
Employment1.3−0.3
Not in a lasting destination1.3—
Activity not captured0.7−0.1

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: 30.4 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 34.2 (England 31.1)C+2017/18: 34.9 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 37.5 (England 32.9)B-2021/22: 40.8 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 35.2 (England 34.2)B-2023/24: 35.3 (England 34.4)B-2024/25: 34.2 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
115 studentsC+ (34.2)Average +0.03
116 studentsC+ (34.5)Average +0.05
33 studentsDist (34.9)Above average +0.59
15.7%AAB or better
96.8%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24138B- (35.3)+0.06
2022/23115B- (35.2)—
2021/22123B (40.8)—
2018/19125B- (37.5)+0.06
2017/18122C+ (34.9)+0.06
2016/17147C+ (34.2)+0.11
2015/16153C (30.4)+0.04

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University58.6−3.3
Further education2.8+2
Apprenticeship7.10
Employment15.7−3.3
Not in a lasting destination8.6−0.1
Activity not captured7.1+4.7

Ofsted

Spalding Grammar School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 6 February 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
6 Feb 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Feb 2019

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Feb 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Nov 2015Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareOutstanding
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Dec 2011Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

76% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (197 replies, to 6 January 2025).

Recommend
76%
Replies
197
20% · 6 Jan 2025
Child is happy at school▼80% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼82% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼70% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲88% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼83% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼59% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing●86% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲96% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▲93% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼75% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼59% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 68% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼42% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 33% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼57% agreeEngland 67%

based on 26 parents (13%) with SEND

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