Quadring Cowley & Brown's Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Spalding, Lincolnshire·PE11 4SQ
Composite score
76.3
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#1,040
National rank
#69
In East Midlands
#5
In Lincolnshire
Top 7%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
94%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
13 first choices, 13 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
34
any preference, for 13 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Quadring Cowley & Brown's 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
103
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
23.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
6.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,718
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Quadring Cowley & Brown's Primary School at a glance

Located in Spalding, Lincolnshire, Quadring Cowley & Brown's Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school. The school educates roughly 103 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 94% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That is down 6.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 7% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Quadring Cowley & Brown's Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 13 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.4%. There are about 19.8 pupils per teacher. Quadring Cowley & Brown's 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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