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Map of schools in South Holland

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Schools are coloured by their last Ofsted grade, or by results compared with England schools of the same type in the same year: reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school, and Attainment 8 at GCSE. Special, alternative provision, independent, nursery, 16 to 19 and all-through schools are not compared. Behind them, neighbourhoods are coloured by the education, skills and training measure of the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (England only). Sources: Department for Education, Ofsted, MHCLG. Open Government Licence v3.0. This map outlines South Holland and its wards. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Schools and results

How schools here are spread and how pupils are doing. There are no league tables on this page.

Schools in the area
48
Oct 2026 · aggregated
Pupils on roll
13,743
2025/26 · aggregated
Graded schools rated Good or Outstanding
81.4%
as at 31 Aug 2026 · aggregated
9.8 percentage points lower than England
East Midlands 90.2%England 91.2%
KS2 reading, writing and maths at expected standard
56.6%
2024/25 · aggregated
6.2 percentage points lower than England
East Midlands 60.8%England 62.8%
KS4 Attainment 8 score
45.6
2024/25 · aggregated
About the same as England
East Midlands 44.7England 45.3
Schools opened in the last two years
1
Oct 2024 to Sep 2026 · aggregated
How do we know these figures?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Schools in the area
Open schools (excluding children's centres) with a postcode in the area.
Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)
Oct 2026South Holland (Council area)aggregated, high quality
Pupils on roll
Pupils on roll at schools in the area (January 2026 census where reported). Pupils may live elsewhere.
Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)
2025/26South Holland (Council area)aggregated, high quality
Graded schools rated Good or Outstanding
Share of schools with a 1-4 Ofsted grade that are Outstanding or Good.
Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)
as at 31 Aug 2026South Holland (Council area)aggregated, high quality
KS2 reading, writing and maths at expected standard
Pupil-weighted share of year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in all of reading, writing and maths (2024/25).
Department for Education (compare school performance)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
2024/25South Holland (Council area)aggregated, high quality
Pupil-weighted mean of school percentages (eligible pupils). From 33 schools. Schools are counted where they are located, not where pupils live.
KS4 Attainment 8 score
Cohort-weighted mean of school Attainment 8 scores (2024/25).
Department for Education (compare school performance)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
2024/25South Holland (Council area)aggregated, medium quality
Cohort-weighted mean of school Attainment 8 scores. From 6 schools. Schools are counted where they are located, not where pupils live.
Schools opened in the last two years
New schools (not academy conversions, relaunches or mergers) with an opening date Oct 2024 - Sep 2026.
Department for Education (GIAS)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
Oct 2024 to Sep 2026South Holland (Council area)aggregated, medium quality
Method: Schools in an area

Each open school is located by the postcode of its GIAS record, so it belongs to exactly one postcode district, ward, built-up area, constituency, council and so on. A school is counted where it is, not where its pupils live; pupils often cross boundaries. Children's centres are excluded. Phase and type are the GIAS labels grouped for display.

Method: Pupil-weighted school measures

FSM, SEN and absence percentages are school-level figures averaged with school roll (January 2026 census) as the weight; KS2 and KS4 measures are averaged with the number of eligible pupils (KS2) or the KS4 cohort as the weight. This equals the share of pupils in the area's schools, not of pupils living in the area. The England value uses the same method on the same files and is the comparator. Suppressed school values are skipped, so coverage differs by measure (the number of schools used is in the notes). Ofsted outcomes are the latest overall grade on record at 31 August 2026; schools inspected under the new report-card framework may carry no single grade.

Method: Change events

Events are dated records from public registers: company insolvency notices in The Gazette (loaded from July 2025, so the window is under 24 months), charity registrations and removals (Charity Commission register events), and school opening and closing dates (GIAS), where academy conversions, relaunches and mergers are labelled separately from genuine new schools and closures. They are located at the registered office, registered address or school premises, which is not necessarily where an organisation operates or where affected people live. Each council shows only its most recent events per type (cap per type); wards show all loaded events. The Gazette feed carries insolvency notices only, not planning, licensing or other notices. A notice is an event on the register, not a judgement about the organisation. No individuals' names are stored.

Latest Ofsted judgements

  • Outstanding13.6%
  • Good65.9%
  • Requires improvement13.6%
  • Inadequate4.5%
  • Not judged2.3%

This place England

Share of schools by latest overall judgement. Inspection frameworks have changed over time, so older and newer judgements are not like for like. as at 31 Aug 2026.

How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Ofsted grades of schools
Latest overall Ofsted grade of schools in the area as at 31 Aug 2026 (distribution).
Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)
as at 31 Aug 2026South Holland (Council area)
Method: Pupil-weighted school measures

FSM, SEN and absence percentages are school-level figures averaged with school roll (January 2026 census) as the weight; KS2 and KS4 measures are averaged with the number of eligible pupils (KS2) or the KS4 cohort as the weight. This equals the share of pupils in the area's schools, not of pupils living in the area. The England value uses the same method on the same files and is the comparator. Suppressed school values are skipped, so coverage differs by measure (the number of schools used is in the notes). Ofsted outcomes are the latest overall grade on record at 31 August 2026; schools inspected under the new report-card framework may carry no single grade.

Schools by phase

  • Primary75%
  • Other or not recorded12.5%
  • Secondary12.5%

This place England

Share of schools. Oct 2026.

How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Schools by phase
Open schools by phase of education (distribution).
Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)
Oct 2026South Holland (Council area)
Method: Schools in an area

Each open school is located by the postcode of its GIAS record, so it belongs to exactly one postcode district, ward, built-up area, constituency, council and so on. A school is counted where it is, not where its pupils live; pupils often cross boundaries. Children's centres are excluded. Phase and type are the GIAS labels grouped for display.

Schools by type

  • Academies50%
  • Local authority maintained41.7%
  • Special schools (La)4.2%
  • Free schools2.1%
  • Independent2.1%

This place England

Share of schools. Oct 2026.

How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Schools by type
Open schools by establishment type group (distribution).
Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)
Oct 2026South Holland (Council area)
Method: Schools in an area

Each open school is located by the postcode of its GIAS record, so it belongs to exactly one postcode district, ward, built-up area, constituency, council and so on. A school is counted where it is, not where its pupils live; pupils often cross boundaries. Children's centres are excluded. Phase and type are the GIAS labels grouped for display.

Pupils and attendance

Pupils eligible for free school meals
28.1%
2025/26 · aggregated
3.3 percentage points higher than England
East Midlands 25%England 24.8%
Pupils on SEN support
13.5%
2025/26 · aggregated
1.3 percentage points lower than England
East Midlands 13.7%England 14.8%
Pupils with an EHC plan
6.7%
2025/26 · aggregated
0.7 percentage points higher than England
East Midlands 5.5%England 6%
Overall absence rate
6.4%
2024/25 · aggregated
About the same as England
East Midlands 6.6%England 6.7%
Persistent absence
17.1%
2024/25 · aggregated
0.7 percentage points lower than England
East Midlands 17.1%England 17.8%
How do we know these figures?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Pupils eligible for free school meals
Pupil-weighted share of pupils eligible for free school meals (2025/26).
Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)
2025/26South Holland (Council area)aggregated, high quality
Share of pupils at schools in the area; pupil-weighted. From 47 schools. Schools are counted where they are located, not where pupils live.
Pupils on SEN support
Pupil-weighted share of pupils receiving SEN support (2025/26).
Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)
2025/26South Holland (Council area)aggregated, high quality
Share of pupils at schools in the area; pupil-weighted. From 48 schools. Schools are counted where they are located, not where pupils live.
Pupils with an EHC plan
Pupil-weighted share of pupils with an education, health and care plan (2025/26).
Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)
2025/26South Holland (Council area)aggregated, high quality
Share of pupils at schools in the area; pupil-weighted. From 48 schools. Schools are counted where they are located, not where pupils live.
Overall absence rate
Pupil-weighted share of sessions missed for any reason (2024/25).
Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)
2024/25South Holland (Council area)aggregated, high quality
Pupil-weighted mean of school rates. From 43 schools. Schools are counted where they are located, not where pupils live.
Persistent absence
Pupil-weighted share of pupils missing 10% or more of sessions (2024/25).
Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)
2024/25South Holland (Council area)aggregated, high quality
Pupil-weighted mean of school rates. From 41 schools. Schools are counted where they are located, not where pupils live.
Method: Pupil-weighted school measures

FSM, SEN and absence percentages are school-level figures averaged with school roll (January 2026 census) as the weight; KS2 and KS4 measures are averaged with the number of eligible pupils (KS2) or the KS4 cohort as the weight. This equals the share of pupils in the area's schools, not of pupils living in the area. The England value uses the same method on the same files and is the comparator. Suppressed school values are skipped, so coverage differs by measure (the number of schools used is in the notes). Ofsted outcomes are the latest overall grade on record at 31 August 2026; schools inspected under the new report-card framework may carry no single grade.

Pupil characteristics describe who attends local schools, not how good the schools are. Absence and special educational needs rates differ for many reasons beyond the school.

Adult qualifications

What residents have studied, from the census.

Adults with no qualifications
24.6%
2021
6.5 percentage points higher than England
England 18%
Adults with a degree-level qualification or above
20.1%
2021
13.9 percentage points lower than England
England 34%
How do we know these figures?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Adults with no qualifications
Share of usual residents aged 16 and over with no qualifications (Census 2021).
Office for National Statistics
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
2021South Holland (Council area)direct, high quality
Adults with a degree-level qualification or above
Share of usual residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 (degree level) or above (Census 2021).
Office for National Statistics
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
2021South Holland (Council area)direct, high quality
Method: Census 2021 housing, health and qualifications for Wales

Wales held its census on the same day as England (21 March 2021) with the same questions, so the figures are directly comparable. For Wales we use the published local authority tables. Tenure counts shared ownership with owners; "private rented" includes people who live rent free, as in the England figures. Overcrowding is an occupancy rating of -1 or less for bedrooms. Qualifications are for people aged 16 and over; "no qualifications" and "Level 4 or above" (degree level and above) are shares of all those people. Counts are rounded by random adjustment, so tiny differences from other tables are expected. Wales households per local authority are not split to small areas here.

Highest qualification of people aged 16 and over, Census 2021 (21 March 2021). Level 4 is degree level and above. Older adults are less likely to hold formal qualifications, so areas with more older residents show higher shares with none.

Local schools (48)

Listed alphabetically. Each links to its own page, with its Ofsted record, results and governors.

SchoolPhaseTypePupils
Ayscoughfee Hall SchoolNot applicableOther independent school135
Clough and Risegate Community Primary SchoolPrimaryCommunity school91
Cowley AcademySecondaryAcademy sponsor led621
Deeping St Nicholas Primary SchoolPrimaryCommunity school70
Fleet Wood Lane SchoolPrimaryCommunity school163
Gedney Church End Primary AcademyPrimaryAcademy converter47
Gedney Drove End Primary SchoolPrimaryCommunity school33
Gosberton AcademyPrimaryAcademy converter137
Gosberton House AcademyNot applicableAcademy special converter97
Holbeach Bank Primary AcademyPrimaryAcademy sponsor led84
Holbeach Primary AcademyPrimaryAcademy converter309
Long Sutton County Primary SchoolPrimaryAcademy converter420
Lutton St Nicholas Primary AcademyPrimaryAcademy converter104
Monkshouse Primary AcademyPrimaryAcademy converter446
Moulton Chapel Primary SchoolPrimaryCommunity school70
Quadring Cowley & Brown's Primary SchoolPrimaryVoluntary controlled school98
Shepeau Stow Primary SchoolPrimaryCommunity school58
South View Community Primary SchoolPrimaryCommunity school427
Spalding AcademySecondaryAcademy converter1,486
Spalding Grammar SchoolSecondaryAcademy converter1,023
Spalding High SchoolSecondaryCommunity school970
Spalding Parish Church of England Day SchoolPrimaryAcademy sponsor led537
Spalding Primary AcademyPrimaryAcademy converter407
Springwell Alternative Academy SpaldingNot applicableFree schools alternative provision49
St Bartholomews CofE Primary SchoolPrimaryVoluntary controlled school85
St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary AcademyPrimaryAcademy converter204
St Paul's Community Primary and Nursery School, SpaldingPrimaryAcademy sponsor led209
Surfleet Primary SchoolPrimaryAcademy sponsor led56
Sutton Bridge Westmere Community Primary SchoolPrimaryCommunity school204
Sutton St James Community Primary SchoolPrimaryCommunity school140
The Cowbit St Mary's Church of England AcademyPrimaryAcademy converter85
The Donington Cowley Endowed Primary SchoolPrimaryVoluntary controlled school259
The Gedney Hill Church of England Vc Primary SchoolPrimaryVoluntary controlled school60
The Holbeach St Mark's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimaryVoluntary controlled school48
The Holbeach William Stukeley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimaryVoluntary aided school309
The John Harrox Primary School, MoultonPrimaryCommunity school268
The Pinchbeck East Church of England Primary AcademyPrimaryAcademy converter390
The Spalding St John the Baptist Church of England Primary SchoolPrimaryVoluntary aided school415
The Tydd St Mary Church of England Primary SchoolPrimaryVoluntary aided school109
Three ChestnutsNot applicableOther independent special school11
Tudor Lodge Therapeutic SchoolNot applicableOther independent special school31
Tulip AcademyNot applicableAcademy special converter238
University Academy HolbeachSecondaryAcademy sponsor led1,378
University Academy Long SuttonSecondaryAcademy sponsor led708
Weston Hills CofE Primary SchoolPrimaryVoluntary controlled school135
Weston St Mary Church of England Primary SchoolPrimaryAcademy sponsor led61
Whaplode Church of England Primary SchoolPrimaryAcademy converter186
Wygate Park AcademyPrimaryAcademy sponsor led272

Sources used on this page

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Registered offices are not operating locations. Ranks and deciles are never averaged. Census 2021 figures are labelled 2021.