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Fleet Wood Lane School

Primary · Spalding · PE12 8NN

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Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 9 June 2026 · report published 29 June 2026

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At a glance

163 pupils · 93% of 175 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
28.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.fleetwoodlane.com
URN
120408

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 16 families named it first for 17 Reception places, 0.94 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 9 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.94 first-choice applications per place

17 places offered · 16 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

24 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
67%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
8%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school67%
Median of its 12 closest peers61%
Lincolnshire average59.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
St Peter's Crosskeys CofE AcademyNewark · 42 miles awayGood70%
Stanton Primary SchoolBurton-on-Trent · 69 miles awayNeeds attention43%
Ash Cartwright and Kelsey Church of England Primary SchoolCanterbury · 117 miles awayGood54%
Brotherton and Byram Community Primary AcademyKnottingley · 84 miles awayGood48%
West End AcademyPontefract · 82 miles awayNo current grade73%
Banks St Stephen's CofE SchoolSouthport · 137 miles awayNeeds attention55%
Ashlands Church of England Primary SchoolCrewkerne · 179 miles awayRequires improvement50%
St Winefride's Catholic Primary SchoolNeston · 134 miles awayGood67%
Bonners CofE School & NurseryUckfield · 124 miles awayGood76%
Castle Primary SchoolStoke-Sub-Hamdon · 174 miles awayGood50%
St Thomas the Martyr Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary SchoolSkelmersdale · 127 miles awayGood76%
Thornton Primary SchoolCoalville · 58 miles awayGood70%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 88% (Lincolnshire 79%, England 60%) · Not recorded 3% (Lincolnshire 2%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 2% (Lincolnshire 0%, England 0%) · Any other White background 2% (Lincolnshire 8%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Lincolnshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Lincolnshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Lincolnshire 1%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Lincolnshire 0%, England 5%) · Black African 1% (Lincolnshire 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Lincolnshire 1%, England 2%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Lincolnshire: 3.47 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

37.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £47,195; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,588
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £114,742; in-year balance +£12,676

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher18%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications26.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work25.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways18.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health38.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier80.8%62.3%
Social housing4.4%17.1%
Privately rented14.6%20.5%
Detached houses64.6%22.9%
Flats2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms20.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01026245 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£250,00094 sales within 2 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£201,000–£319,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (71)£275,000
Semi-detached (18)£195,500

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 2 km across every state school.

Fewer than ten homes sold within 1 km, so the figures use 2 km.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 2 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
2a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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