Overall Oxbridge
#766
3 ranked schools · +148 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
11
Offers
3
Offer rate27.3%
+4.9 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
A Fenland market town whose annual Flower Parade, first held in 1959 to celebrate the region's tulip production and centuries-old ties to the Netherlands, once drew crowds of more than 100,000, Spalding sits at the administrative centre of the South Holland district on the River Welland in Lincolnshire. The parade was revived in 2022, and tulip fields still define the surrounding countryside each spring. Around 31,000 people live in the town today. Wygate Park to the west and Gosberton to the north extend the family-friendly residential fringe. East Midlands Railway services run from Spalding station to Peterborough in around twenty-five minutes, with the line continuing to Lincoln.
Quadring, a village parish lying south of the town, is among the most sought-after addresses for primary catchments.
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Area Performance
Across 45 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 6.98/10, -0.42 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Spalding schools
Spalding vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Spalding schools
top 67% of 14,978
top 67% of 14,978
top 60% of 3,862
top 60% of 3,862
top 58% of 2,555
top 58% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
3 ranked schools · +148 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
11
Offers
3
Oxford
1 ranked schools · -34 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
4
Offers
0
Cambridge
3 ranked schools · +161 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
7
Offers
3
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Local directory
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