Spalding High School
Secondary · Community school · Girls · Lincolnshire
Stonegate, Spalding, PE11 2PJ
93
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 29/11/2023
Application demand
73%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
94.5%
11.1% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
970
Capacity used
Nearly full97%
996 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
73%
1st preference success rate
143 of 197 families who put it first got an offer
150
Places offered
277
Total applications
1.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 197 | 143 | ● 73% |
| 2nd preference | 61 | 6 | ● 10% |
| 3rd preference | 19 | 1 | ● 5% |
| Total | 277 | 150 | 54% |
1st preference success by year
Lincolnshire lets families list 3 preferences. 71 applications came from outside the council area (28 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Michele Anderson
- Address
- Stonegate, Spalding, PE11 2PJ
- Phone
- 01775722110
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Ward / constituency
- Spalding St Mary's · South Holland and The Deepings
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 120642
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 14% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 15% | — | — |
| SEN support | 16% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
970 pupils · 996 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
29 November 2023
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessSixth form Good Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 763 pupils
Attendance
94.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
11.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.5%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 65.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.63 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 84% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 97% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 6.23 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 34.14 | — | — |
Average grade: C+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 63 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 75.3% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 93.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 82.2% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.99 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 146 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 37.43 | 35 |
| Average grade | B- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 11.1% | 17% |
| A-level students | 89 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 146 | 39% | 82% | 97% | |
| English Language | 146 | 37% | 87% | 95% | |
| English Literature | 145 | 32% | 83% | 93% | |
| Religious Studies | 141 | 46% | 91% | 95% | |
| Combined Science | 107 | 26% | 82% | 93% | |
| Geography | 106 | 39% | 75% | 91% | |
| French | 73 | 41% | 96% | 99% | |
| Business | 69 | 35% | 81% | 96% | |
| History | 45 | 44% | 98% | 100% | |
| German | 43 | 42% | 77% | 95% | |
| Art and Design | 41 | 78% | 98% | 100% | |
| Design & Technology | 40 | 45% | 83% | 95% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 36 | 0% | 11% | 42% | |
| Law | 27 | 7% | 37% | 56% | |
| Biology | 25 | 12% | 24% | 48% | |
| Mathematics | 22 | 14% | 36% | 68% | |
| Business Studies | 20 | 10% | 20% | 65% | |
| Chemistry | 14 | 7% | 21% | 71% | |
| Religious Studies | 14 | 14% | 50% | 86% | |
| Fine Art | 12 | 33% | 75% | 100% | |
| Geography | 11 | 36% | 55% | 82% | |
| English Literature | 11 | 9% | 9% | 64% | |
| History | 10 | 10% | 30% | 70% | |
| Physics | 9 | 22% | 22% | 44% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 11808: Spalding High School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 6 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 73% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 4% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 79% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Lincolnshire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.