Gedney Drove End Primary School

Community school·Primary school Spalding, Lincolnshire·PE12 9PD
Composite score
21.4
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#14,314
National rank
#1366
In East Midlands
#239
In Lincolnshire
Top 97%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
33%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
96.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
4 first choices, 4 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
5
any preference, for 4 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Gedney Drove End Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
37
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
35.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
29.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
18.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
8.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£14,138
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Gedney Drove End Primary School

Gedney Drove End Primary School is a primary school in Spalding, Lincolnshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 37 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 33% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 96 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Gedney Drove End Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 4 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 8.0 pupils per teacher. Gedney Drove End Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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