Secondary
Cowley Academy
School Lane, Spalding, PE11 4TF
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 621 of 650 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Trust
- SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE ACADEMIES TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 29.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 54.9
- Pupils per adult
- 11.5
- Pupils
- 629
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
17%
24 points below the Spalding average (41% across 6 schools)
36.5
9.5 below the Spalding average (46.0 across 6 schools)
4th of 6 by our score, among the secondary schools in Spalding we can score - 7 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 36.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.84 |
| Entered the EBacc | 5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 34% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 17% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 22% |
| 23/24 | 30% |
| 24/25 | 17% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | +0.08 |
| 23/24 | -0.12 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 39.4 |
| 23/24 | 43.0 |
| 24/25 | 36.5 |
School Lane, Spalding, PE11 4TF
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Lincolnshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Katherine Kilby
- Address
- School Lane, Spalding, PE11 4TF
- Telephone
- 01775820254