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Spalding High School

Selective

National rank

235=

284

Rank last year

61.4^%

A-level

42.3^%

GCSE

Need to know

Head teacher Michele Anderson

Attendance 94.4%

Gender of entry Girls

Send pupils* 17.1% *Special educational needs and disabilities

Total pupils 940

Pupils on free school meals 11.7%

Progress 8

Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8

WELL ABOVE AVERAGE

Our methodology

Results

Grade

10.6

16.3

34.5

A*/A

26.9

A*-B

61.4

Grade

9/8

17.3

9/8/7

42.3

What the school inspection says

“Pupils thrive in the culture of high aspiration that exists at this school. They challenge themselves to be the best they can be. Pupils celebrate one another’s achievements … Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (Send) receive the personalised support they need to participate in school life alongside their peers. The school council gives pupils a voice. Pupils support their peers as wellbeing champions and anti-bullying ambassadors. Pupils produce a very high-quality school magazine called the High Quarterly … Students in the sixth form would appreciate more time to learn about topics such as government and democracy as well as tax and personal finances. “

Inspection

2023

In detail *

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*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.

About the school

In the Lincolnshire town of Spalding, Spalding High School is a selective grammar school for girls, with boys joining in the mixed sixth form.
The school community totals about 1,000 students and staff, with entry at age 11 typically based on selective admission criteria.
The names of Spalding’s five houses — Curie, Johnson, Nightingale, Pankhurst and Sharman — celebrate notable women in science, aviation, healthcare, activism and space exploration.
At its November 2023 Ofsted inspection the school retained its “Outstanding” status, reaffirming its strong academic and pastoral provision.
The school motto, Lampada vitae tradimus (“Handing over the torch of life”), comes from Henry Newbolt’s poem Vitaï Lampada and was chosen to reflect the school’s commitment to passing knowledge and responsibility between generations.

enquiries@spaldinghigh.lincs.sch.uk

Telephone

01775 722 110

Website

spaldinghigh.lincs.sch.uk

Address

Stonegate, Spalding, PE11 2PJ

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