John Spendluffe Foundation Technology College

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-16
Religion Unknown
Address Hanby Lane
Alford
Lincolnshire
LN13 9BL
Phone 01507462443
Reference Number 136968

General Makeup

Number of pupils 626
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.32%
Girls: 49.68%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 46.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 1.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 20.9

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 67 61 128
8 73 58 131
9 56 66 122
10 55 68 123
11 64 58 122

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 94.7%
Mixed, Other 1.6%
White, Other 1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.5%
White & Asian 0.5%
White & Black (African) 0.5%
Asian, Other 0.5%
Unclassified 0.3%
African 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
Last Inspection Date 2023-01-27
Date Description Report
2022-12-06 School inspection: School inspection:
2019-03-26 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2018-06-13 Short inspection Short inspection
2018-06-13 Short inspection Short inspection
2013-09-17 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-02-21 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2012-02-14 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
Previously as John Spendluffe Foundation Technology College
2010-03-03 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2006-11-20 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2001-03-12 Full inspection Full inspection
2010-03-03 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2006-11-20 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2001-03-12 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 15.6% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 31.1% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 70 13
Third Preference 36 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
Alford Primary School
Hanby Lane, Alford, Lincolnshire, LN13 9BJ
0.08 miles
St Helena's Church of England Primary School, Willoughby
Main Road, Willoughby, Alford, Lincolnshire, LN13 9NH
2.43 miles
Huttoft Primary & Nursery School
Church Lane, Huttoft, Alford, Lincolnshire, LN13 9RE
3.42 miles
The St Margaret's Church of England School, Withern
Main Road, Withern, Alford, Lincolnshire, LN13 0NB
4.39 miles
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Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy
Station Road, Alford, Lincolnshire, LN13 9HY
0.51 miles
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