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Sutton Bridge Westmere Community Primary School

Primary · Spalding · PE12 9TB

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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: Needs attentionPersonal development: Needs attentionInclusion: Needs attentionLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Needs attentionPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 10 March 2026 · report published 22 June 2026

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At a glance

204 pupils · 65% of 315 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
48% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
9.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.griffinfederation.co.uk
URN
120502

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 29 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 0.97 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 10 March 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 6.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 29 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
70%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
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 school70%
Median of its 12 closest peers67.5%
Lincolnshire average59.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Millfield Primary SchoolWalsall · 89 miles awayGood77%
England Lane AcademyKnottingley · 87 miles awayOutstanding85%
Hetton Primary SchoolHoughton le Spring · 156 miles awayGood54%
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolWorkington · 199 miles awayGood69%
Lift St James the GreatEast Malling · 103 miles awayGood79%
Barton Junior SchoolDover · 123 miles awayGood66%
Reevy Hill Primary SchoolBradford · 107 miles awayGood50%
Laira Green Primary SchoolPlymouth · 247 miles awayGood58%
Bradley Green Primary AcademyHyde · 105 miles awayNo current grade79%
Edward the Elder Primary SchoolWolverhampton · 95 miles awayNo current grade78%
Chopwell Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 169 miles awayExpected standard60%
All Saints Academy DarfieldBarnsley · 83 miles awayRequires improvement57%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 84% (Lincolnshire 79%, England 60%) · Any other White background 5% (Lincolnshire 8%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 3% (Lincolnshire 2%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 3% (Lincolnshire 0%, England 5%) · Not recorded 2% (Lincolnshire 2%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Lincolnshire 2%, England 3%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Lincolnshire 0%, England 0%)

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)
6.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
20.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

9.72 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
17.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

83% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% moved to another state school · 9% left the state-funded sector

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)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 11.5 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 £59,093; 31.2% 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£9,166
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 82% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 5% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £191,593; in-year balance -£11,564

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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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher16.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications30.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work16.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways29.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health40.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier46.5%62.3%
Social housing29.2%17.1%
Privately rented23.9%20.5%
Detached houses20.3%22.9%
Flats9.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van17.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01026277 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£170,000149 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£125,000–£220,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (53)£243,000
Semi-detached (39)£175,000
Terraced (47)£132,500
Flat (10)£86,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 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
1a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
7a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a 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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