St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy

School overview

St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy is a primary school serving Spalding, Lincolnshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 206 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 52% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 12.0 percentage points year on year. 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 105 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 10 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.1%. There are about 21.5 pupils per teacher. St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy 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.