University Academy Holbeach, Spalding

In 2026, pupils at University Academy Holbeach averaged an Attainment 8 score of 38.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.9 in Lincolnshire and 47 across England.

24% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Lincolnshire and 47% in England.

That is down from 39.9 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.42: pupils made below 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 32.8, against 41.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Art and Design.

For September 2026 entry, 195 families put University Academy Holbeach as their first choice and 384 named it as one of their preferences, for 232 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

University Academy Holbeach is one of 7 schools run by University of Lincoln Academy Trust, an academy trust.

148 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about University Academy Holbeach (as of September 2025): 66% would recommend the school, 69% say their child is happy there and 39% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (72%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (39%).

Of the 207 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 83% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 32% to a further education college, 6% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 131 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 16% went on to university or other higher education, 15% to apprenticeships and 33% into work. 7% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

34.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 10.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

University Academy Holbeach had 102 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of University Academy Holbeach.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is University Academy (adjacent), 100 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 66 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Lincolnshire (33), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, University Academy Holbeach issued 242 suspensions, 17.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to University Academy Holbeach are Holbeach Primary Academy (0.2 miles), The Holbeach William Stukeley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (0.5 miles) and Holbeach Bank Primary Academy (1.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.