The Holbeach William Stukeley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Spalding, Lincolnshire·PE12 7HG
Composite score
50.0
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#7,266
National rank
#585
In East Midlands
#88
In Lincolnshire
Top 49%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
68%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
73%
62 first choices, 45 places
First choices per place
1.38
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
104
any preference, for 45 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.42
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1 per place
1.3320221.1420231.0720240.9520251.382026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for The Holbeach William Stukeley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School yet. Lincolnshire does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
316
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
32.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
12.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,123
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About The Holbeach William Stukeley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

The Holbeach William Stukeley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is a primary school in Spalding, Lincolnshire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. Around 316 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 68% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 5.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 73% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (62 first choices for 45 places). Overall pupil absence was 6.0%. There are about 22.4 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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