Spalding High School
About the school
Spalding High School is a state-funded grammar school in East Midlands.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 29 November 2023
- Published
- 1 January 2024
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Outstanding
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Good
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 63
- Lincolnshire
- 45.1
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Lincolnshire
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 75.30%
- Lincolnshire
- 41.90%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 93.80%
- Lincolnshire
- 62.90%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 82.20%
- Lincolnshire
- 37.20%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 5.99
- Lincolnshire
- 3.98
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- B-
Average A-level points
- School
- 37.43
AAB or better
- School
- 11.10%
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
948
Girls
98.21%
Boys
1.79%
SEN support
14.14%
Education, health and care plan
0.63%
English as an additional language
14.90%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
11.66%
Overall absence
5.51
Persistent absence
11.14
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
149
Sustained education or employment
98%
Education
96%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%
Not sustained
1%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
121
Sustained education or employment
88%
Higher education
57%
Further education
2%
Apprenticeship
7%
Employment
21%
Admissions
Spalding High School, situated on Stonegate, Spalding, halfway between the Welland (and B1173) and the Coronation Channel to the east. The rear of the school, to the east, backs onto Exeter Drain and the Spalding Academy playing fields. The school also accepts some girls from Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Norfolk. SHS admits pupils aged 11–18, who in the lower school are expected to pass an 11+ exam. There are approximately 1,000 staff and students at the school. The headmistress is Michele Anderson.