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Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham

Alternative provisionAges 4–16Free school

Grantham, NG31 9LD · Lincolnshire local authority

Grantham’s School Grade B− better than 49% of towns in England

How full
44 pupils
68% of its 65 places
Free school meals
77%
77 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 44 pupils for 65 places
  • 77% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, September 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (NG31 9) sold for a median £214,500; Grantham’s is £205,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

48 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
89.6%England 15.3%
EHC plan
10.4%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
18.8%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
75%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 29%Boys 71%
Its letter

No letter for Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham

Alternative provision isn’t given a letter: pupils come for part of their schooling, so results don’t compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, September 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in NG31 9, the school’s postcode sector

Grantham property prices →
£214,500
median sale, 480 sales in 36 months · Grantham £205,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025NG31 9Grantham
NG31 9Grantham

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£285K
Semi-detached
£195K
Terraced
£170K
Flat
£120K
NG31 9Grantham

Homes in NG31 9 sell for a little over Grantham’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

14 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB−B−D−B−B−C−A+D−A+C−CB−Springwell Alternative Acad…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Grantham, NG31 9LD

Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham: common questions

What is Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (September 2022).

How much do houses cost near Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham?

Homes in its postcode sector, NG31 9, sold for a median £214,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (480 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Grantham’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.