Spalding Primary Academy

Spalding Primary Academy has been rated as good overall in its first inspection since becoming an academy. The school provides a nurturing environment where pupils feel safe and happy, likening their school experience to being part of a big family. The community is celebrated for its diversity, and pupils exhibit respect and kindness towards one another. Academically, the school has developed an ambitious curriculum, particularly excelling in reading, where pupils receive effective support. However, the impact of recent curriculum changes is still unfolding, and historic outcomes do not fully represent the strengths of current pupil cohorts.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and happy, creating a family-like environment.
• The curriculum is relevant, ambitious, and well-sequenced in most subjects.
• Strong emphasis on reading with effective phonics instruction.
• High expectations for pupils' behaviour and learning.
• Pupils show positive attitudes and respect towards each other.
• Proactive support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Engaged staff who provide strong pastoral support.
• Wider pupil development is prioritized through various extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils struggle with securing essential knowledge due to broad curriculum plans.
• Inconsistent adaptation of curriculum plans to meet all pupils' needs.
• Parents feel communication about school improvements could be enhanced.

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 Spalding Primary Academy attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.2% 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, 2.9% of pupils at Spalding 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 Spalding Primary Academy had 22.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 22.2% 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, 16.7% of pupils at Spalding Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.2% 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 Spalding Primary Academy received £7,603 and spent £7,015 for each of its 410 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £367,000 (£896 per pupil).

Across all 16 schools of Infinity Academies Trust, income was £7,320 and spending £7,049 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

Spalding Primary Academy is part of Infinity Academies Trust, which runs 20 schools. The nearest others:

• The Pinchbeck East Church of England Primary Academy Spalding
• Bourne Abbey Church of England Primary Academy Bourne
• Bourne Elsea Park Church of England Primary Academy Bourne
• Wyberton Primary Academy Boston
• St Thomas CofE Primary Academy Boston
• St Nicholas CE Primary Academy Boston
• Gipsey Bridge Academy Boston
• Colsterworth Church of England Primary School Grantham
• The Little Gonerby Church of England Primary Academy, Grantham Grantham
• Leadenham Church of England Academy Lincoln

What is Spalding Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Spalding Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Spalding Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Spalding Primary Academy was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Spalding Primary Academy have?

Spalding Primary Academy has 407 pupils on roll.

What age range does Spalding Primary Academy cover?

Spalding Primary Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

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

Where is Spalding Primary Academy?

Spalding Primary Academy is at Woolram Wygate, Spalding Primary Academy, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 1PB.