UK Schools
Spalding Academy
Spalding Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Spalding, Lincolnshire County Council, teaching 1,486 pupils aged 11 to 19. It was last inspected by Ofsted in April 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 45.3 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 4 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Spalding Academy.
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Spalding Academy.
- 2 Staff Training Day
- 3 Staff Training Day
- 4 Autumn Term starts (Years 7, 10 & 11 return)
- 4–30 Autumn Term (1st Term)
- 5 All Year Groups Return
- 1–24 Autumn Term (1st Term)
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 3–30 Autumn Term (2nd Term)
- 1–19 Autumn Term (2nd Term)
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day
- 5–31 Spring Term (3rd Term)
- 1–13 Spring Term (3rd Term)
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 23–28 Spring Term (4th Term)
- 1–31 Spring Term (4th Term)
- 1–2 Spring Term (4th Term)
- 3–17 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 20–30 Summer Term (5th Term)
- 1–22 Summer Term (5th Term)
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday (May Day)
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1–30 Summer Term (6th Term)
- 1–17 Summer Term (6th Term)
- 18–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
- 1 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff Training Day Sep 2, 2025 Inset Day
- Staff Training Day Sep 3, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Term starts (Years 7, 10 & 11 return) Sep 4, 2025 Term
- All Year Groups Return Sep 5, 2025 Event
- Autumn Term (1st Term) Sep 4, 2025 - Oct 24, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Holiday Oct 27, 2025 - Oct 31, 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Term (2nd Term) Nov 3, 2025 - Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term (3rd Term) Jan 5, 2026 - Feb 13, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Holiday Feb 16, 2026 - Feb 20, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term (4th Term) Feb 23, 2026 - Apr 2, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Apr 3, 2026 - Apr 17, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term (5th Term) Apr 20, 2026 - May 22, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday (May Day) May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term Holiday May 25, 2026 - May 29, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term (6th Term) Jun 1, 2026 - Jul 17, 2026 Term
- Summer Holiday Jul 18, 2026 - Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
- Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Spalding Academy with Lincolnshire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 45.3 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Lincolnshire County Council England
Attendance 19.7% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Lincolnshire County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 91% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Lincolnshire County Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Spalding Academy. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Spalding Academy than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.