What schools serve Spalding?

There are 46 schools in Spalding, Lincolnshire, including Deeping St Nicholas Primary School, Fleet Wood Lane School, Gedney Drove End Primary School, Clough and Risegate Community Primary School, Moulton Chapel Primary School and more. You can view each school's catchment area guidance and admissions policy on catchment.school.

How many primary and secondary schools are in Spalding?

Spalding has 34 primary schools and 6 secondary schools. There are also 6 other schools (such as all-through or special schools) in the area. All data is sourced from the Department for Education's GIAS register.

How do I find out if my address is in a school's catchment area in Spalding?

To check whether your address falls within a school's catchment area in Spalding, use the postcode search tool at catchment.school. Catchment area boundaries for Spalding schools are set by Lincolnshire and reviewed each year. You can also consult the school's admissions policy or contact the Lincolnshire admissions team directly for the most up-to-date boundary maps.

Who sets catchment area boundaries for schools in Spalding?

Catchment area boundaries for schools in Spalding are set by Lincolnshire as the admissions authority. Community and voluntary-controlled schools follow the council's published admissions policy, while academies and voluntary-aided schools may set their own. Boundaries are reviewed annually and published each September for the following academic year.

Schools in Spalding

Reviewed by the catchment.school editorial team · Last updated 15 March 2026

Spalding is the market-town hub of South Holland district, and the 46 schools in this area cover not just the town itself but a wide arc of fenland villages - from Deeping St Nicholas and Crowland in the east to Long Sutton and Holbeach to the north. Lincolnshire County Council coordinates all admissions and publishes catchment boundaries annually.

Rural geography means some families in South Holland are many miles from their nearest school. Lincolnshire's catchment zones for village primaries are tightly drawn around each settlement, so pupils in outlying hamlets may fall outside a preferred school's area entirely.

For secondary schools, Spalding Grammar (selective) and Spalding High School (selective girls) serve the town alongside Sir John Gleed School. Selective schools require the Lincolnshire selection test; non-selective places are allocated primarily on catchment distance.

School demand in Spalding

Across the 44 schools in Spalding with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 89%. 6 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.

12 schools in Spalding have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.

24 of the schools in Spalding are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Lincolnshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.

18 of the schools in Spalding have a current Ofsted rating, of which 14 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.

Primary schools in Spalding: 6 oversubscribed (34)

Deeping St Nicholas Primary School

Primary · Community school

Spalding · PE11 3DG

Ages 4-11 68 pupils Capacity 70

Fleet Wood Lane School

Primary · Community school

Spalding · PE12 8NN

Ages 4-11 163 pupils Capacity 175

Gedney Drove End Primary School

Primary · Community school

Spalding · PE12 9PD

Ages 4-11 37 pupils Capacity 70

Clough and Risegate Community Primary School

Primary · Community school

Spalding · PE11 4JP

Ages 4-11 90 pupils Capacity 95

Moulton Chapel Primary School

Primary · Community school

Spalding · PE12 0XJ

Ages 4-11 72 pupils Capacity 78

The John Harrox Primary School, Moulton

Primary · Community school

Spalding · PE12 6PN

Ages 5-11 268 pupils Capacity 280

Sutton St James Community Primary School

Primary · Community school

Spalding · PE12 0JG

Ages 4-11 130 pupils Capacity 140

Shepeau Stow Primary School

Primary · Community school

Spalding · PE12 0TX

Ages 5-11 68 pupils Capacity 105

Sutton Bridge Westmere Community Primary School

Primary · Community school

Spalding · PE12 9TB

Ages 4-11 216 pupils Capacity 315