Spalding Grammar School
Priory Road, Spalding, PE11 2XH
1,023 pupils · 96% of 1,070 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Boys
- Admissions
- Selective
- Trust
- SPALDING GRAMMAR SCHOOL
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 8.1%
Ofsted
Good (2024) — 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 6 February 2024, published 21 March 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 | 58.8 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 75.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 95.2% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 62.8% |
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?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.05 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 146 | 153 | 271 | 146 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 147 | 151 | 262 | 147 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 149 | 170 | 246 | 149 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 149 | 173 | 247 | 149 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 139 | 148 | 233 | 139 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 149 | 190 | 290 | 149 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 149 | 163 | 243 | 149 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 149 | 186 | 279 | 149 |
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 High School 0.7 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- Spalding Academy 1.1 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- University Academy Holbeach 11.8 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Cowley Academy 13.9 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Bourne Academy 14.6 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Bourne Grammar School 15 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.