The Donington Cowley Endowed Primary School
Towndam Lane, Spalding, PE11 4TR
259 pupils · 96% of 270 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Free school meals
- 37.5%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 25 March 2025, published 6 May 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 41% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 12% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1 first-choice application per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 38 | 38 | 59 | 38 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 30 | 29 | 48 | 30 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 26 | 26 | 42 | 26 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 23 | 22 | 41 | 23 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 26 | 26 | 40 | 26 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 36 | 33 | 55 | 36 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 39 | 38 | 52 | 39 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 31 | 30 | 47 | 31 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Quadring Cowley & Brown's Primary School 1.8 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Gosberton Academy 5 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Clough and Risegate Community Primary School 5.7 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Swineshead St Mary's Church of England Primary School 5.9 km · Good (2021) · previous system
- The Fourfields Church of England School, Sutterton 7.7 km · Requires improvement (2022) · previous system
- Surfleet Primary School 8.2 km · Good (2024) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.