Holbeach Primary Academy

Holbeach Primary Academy continues to demonstrate strong performance as a good school, maintaining its status since the last inspection in 2017. Pupils express happiness and safety while attending, and they benefit from high expectations set by the staff who are dedicated to their well-being and educational success. The curriculum is ambitious and effectively revisits prior knowledge, which helps pupils, including those with special educational needs, to successfully build their understanding over time. However, while the school promotes a range of extracurricular activities, there is a need for better tracking of student participation in these clubs.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy attending and feel safe and happy at school.
• Staff have high expectations for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well-structured, allowing for revisiting of prior knowledge.
• Effective strategies in phonics help pupils develop reading skills.
• Strong support systems are in place for identifying and assisting pupils with SEND.

Areas for Improvement

• Teachers occasionally miss opportunities to address pupils' misconceptions effectively.
• There is a lack of precise evaluation of the impact of strategies for pupils' wider development.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Holbeach Primary Academy attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.3% of pupils at Holbeach Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Holbeach Primary Academy had 41.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 31.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 19.7% of pupils at Holbeach Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Holbeach Primary Academy received £7,483 and spent £7,433 for each of its 315 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £415,000 (£1,318 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of University of Lincoln Academy Trust, income was £9,210 and spending £9,106 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Spalding · Lincolnshire local authority: places and applications

Holbeach Primary Academy is part of University of Lincoln Academy Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• University Academy Holbeach Spalding
• Holbeach Bank Primary Academy Spalding
• University Academy Long Sutton Spalding
• Monkshouse Primary Academy Spalding
• Gosberton House Academy Spalding
• Wrangle Primary Academy Boston

What is Holbeach Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Holbeach Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Holbeach Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Holbeach Primary Academy was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Holbeach Primary Academy have?

Holbeach Primary Academy has 309 pupils on roll.

What age range does Holbeach Primary Academy cover?

Holbeach Primary Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Holbeach Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Holbeach Primary Academy?

Holbeach Primary Academy is at Boston Road South, Holbeach, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE12 7LZ.