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Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding

Alternative provisionAges 4–16Free school

Spalding, PE11 2PN · Lincolnshire local authority

Spalding’s School Grade B better than 58% of towns in England

How full
49 pupils
78% of its 63 places
Free school meals
78%
78 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 78% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Outstanding, September 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (PE11 2) sold for a median £194,500; Spalding’s is £205,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

50 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
78%England 15.3%
EHC plan
22%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
20%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
66%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 26%Boys 74%
Its letter

No letter for Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding

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: Outstanding, September 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding

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

Home prices in PE11 2, the school’s postcode sector

Spalding property prices →
£194,500
median sale, 450 sales in 36 months · Spalding £205,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025PE11 2Spalding
PE11 2Spalding

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£262K
Semi-detached
£180K
Terraced
£150K
Flat
£75K
PE11 2Spalding

Homes in PE11 2 sell for a little under Spalding’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

10 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC+A+AAC−DCDDB−Springwell Alternative Acad…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Spalding, PE11 2PN

Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding: common questions

What is Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Outstanding (September 2023).

How much do houses cost near Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding?

Homes in its postcode sector, PE11 2, sold for a median £194,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (450 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; Spalding’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.