John Spendluffe Foundation Technology College
Secondary · Alford · LN13 9BL
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 6 December 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
650 pupils · 100% of 625 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 55.3% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 0.9% of pupils
- SEN support
- 14.7% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 6.5% of pupils
- Website
- https://www.jstc.org.uk
- URN
- 136968
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
1.14 first-choice applications per place122 places offered · 139 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
GCSE results (2024/2025)
112 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 2% moved to another state school · 3% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Where pupils go after GCSEs
Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.
Inspection history since 2015
- 6 December 2022: Good
- 26 March 2019: Requires improvement
- 13 June 2018: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Alford Primary School
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy
- St Helena's Church of England Primary Academy, Willoughby
- Huttoft Primary & Nursery School
- The St Margaret's Church of England School, Withern
- Partney Church of England Aided Primary School
- Springwell Alternative Academy Mablethorpe
- Mablethorpe Primary Academy