Spalding High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Nov 30 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Lincolnshire
Unique reference
120642
Address
Stonegate, PE11 2PJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
940 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
1.6%
Girls
98.4%
First language not English
14.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
8.4%
Persistent absence
18.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 64.9%
Other White 11.3%
Mixed 6.3%
Indian 6.2%
Pakistani 3.4%
Other Asian 2.7%
African 2%
Chinese 1%
Unclassified 1%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.52
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 87%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 85%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 64.3
Local authority average 46.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.09
Local authority average 4.08
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE32
BiologyGCSE65
Business Studies:SingleGCSE72
ChemistryGCSE65
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE14
Design & TechnologyGCSE37
English LanguageGCSE148
English LiteratureGCSE148
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE27
FrenchGCSE53
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Spalding High School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
149
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
191
2nd preference
78
3rd preference
26
From another Local Authority
70
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
136
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
37
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
153
0
153
Year 8
148
0
148
Year 9
151
0
151
Year 10
148
0
148
Year 11
148
0
148
Year 12
94
6
88
Year 13
98
9
89
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
96.0%
86.6%
85.6%
Further education
13.0%
39.2%
35.4%
School sixth form
83.0%
43.6%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
3.4%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
3.7%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
4.0%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.3%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
82.0%
66.4%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
34.0%
24.3%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.3%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.8%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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