Spalding Academy, Spalding

In 2026, pupils at Spalding Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 44.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.9 in Lincolnshire and 47 across England.

27% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Lincolnshire and 47% in England.

That is down from 45.3 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.42: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 38.5, against 46.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 297 families put Spalding Academy as their first choice and 578 named it as one of their preferences, for 311 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 24 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Spalding Academy are Spalding High School (0.3 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 62.5); and Spalding Grammar School (0.7 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 59.9).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Spalding Academy.

Spalding Academy is one of 4 schools run by South Lincolnshire Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.6 in 2024/25.

83 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Spalding Academy (as of September 2025): 81% would recommend the school, 82% say their child is happy there and 63% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (87%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (63%).

Of the 261 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 84% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 59% to a further education college, 6% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

31.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 147 pupils (9.9%) received SEN support and 53 (3.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Spalding Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Spalding Academy Bus Park (in), 150 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 200 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Lincolnshire (33), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Spalding Academy issued 224 suspensions, 15.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Spalding Academy are Spalding Parish Church of England Day School (0.5 miles); St Paul's Community Primary and Nursery School, Spalding (0.6 miles); St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy (1 mile); and The Spalding St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School (1.2 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.