Secondary schools in Spalding
6 secondary schools in Spalding, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Spalding in figures
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 6 schools in Spalding first 1,096 times for 1,085 places: 1.01 first choices per place, against 1.02 across the Lincolnshire authority's 53 schools. 3 of the 6 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 2 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 6.22 miles (Cowley Academy) to 9.76 miles (University Academy Long Sutton).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Spalding High School
- Cowley Academy
- Spalding Grammar School
- Spalding Academy
- University Academy Holbeach
- University Academy Long Sutton
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