Spalding High School
Stonegate, Spalding, PE11 2PJ
970 pupils · 97% of 996 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Selective
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 13.5%
Ofsted
Outstanding (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
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 29 November 2023, published 1 January 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 63 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 75.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 93.8% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 82.2% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.36 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 149 | 202 | 300 | 149 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 150 | 197 | 277 | 150 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 149 | 191 | 295 | 149 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 150 | 168 | 261 | 150 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 150 | 168 | 264 | 150 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 150 | 203 | 293 | 150 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 149 | 195 | 292 | 149 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 150 | 166 | 283 | 150 |
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
- Spalding Academy 0.4 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- Spalding Grammar School 0.7 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- University Academy Holbeach 11.1 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Cowley Academy 14.1 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Bourne Academy 15.4 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Bourne Grammar School 15.8 km · Good (2022) · 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.