Fleet Wood Lane School
Wood Lane, Fleet, Spalding, PE12 8NN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Ceri Tacey
- Constituency
- South Holland and The Deepings
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 175
- Pupils on roll
- 163
- URN
- 120408
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01406423351
About this school
Fleet Wood Lane School is a community primary school in Spalding. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 163 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Fleet Wood Lane School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 17 | 24 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 40% | 41% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 6% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 57% | 47% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 53% | 71% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 50% | 53% | 58% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 101.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 99.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Fleet Wood Lane School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Lincolnshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 40% | 54% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 41% | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 56.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 188 |
| 2023/24 | 166 |
| 2024/25 | 163 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Fleet Wood Lane School compares
Fleet Wood Lane School ranked 76th of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 5.7% | 31.3% | 163 | — |
| Gedney Church End Primary Academy | 58% | 8% | 65.9% | 47 | 1.0 miles |
| The Holbeach William Stukeley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 68% | 6% | 32.6% | 309 | 2.0 miles |
| Holbeach Primary Academy | 53% | 5.4% | 39.4% | 309 | 2.2 miles |
| Long Sutton County Primary School | 32% | 5.1% | 28.9% | 420 | 2.5 miles |
| Lutton St Nicholas Primary Academy | 60% | 5.6% | 28.2% | 104 | 2.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 31.29%
- English as an additional language
- 3.7%
- Overall absence
- 5.68%
- Persistent absence
- 15.29%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Gedney Church End Primary Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Spalding
- 2.0 miles
-
Holbeach Primary Academy2.2 miles
Primary · Spalding
-
Long Sutton County Primary School2.5 miles
Primary · Spalding
-
Lutton St Nicholas Primary Academy2.9 miles
Primary · Spalding
Other schools in Spalding
Fleet Wood Lane School ranks 7th of the 30 ranked primary schools in Spalding.
- Clough and Risegate Community Primary School Primary
- Deeping St Nicholas Primary School Primary
- Gedney Church End Primary Academy Primary
- Gedney Drove End Primary School Primary
- Gosberton Academy Primary
- Holbeach Bank Primary Academy Primary
- Holbeach Primary Academy Primary
- Long Sutton County Primary School Primary
- Lutton St Nicholas Primary Academy Primary
- Monkshouse Primary Academy Primary
- Moulton Chapel Primary School Primary
- Quadring Cowley & Brown's Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Fleet Wood Lane School teach?
- Fleet Wood Lane School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Spalding.
- Who is the headteacher of Fleet Wood Lane School?
- The headteacher of Fleet Wood Lane School is Mrs Ceri Tacey, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Fleet Wood Lane School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Fleet Wood Lane School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Fleet Wood Lane School?
- Fleet Wood Lane School has 163 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Fleet Wood Lane School full?
- Fleet Wood Lane School has capacity for 175 pupils and 163 on roll (93%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Fleet Wood Lane School a faith school?
- No. Fleet Wood Lane School has no designated religious character.
- Does Fleet Wood Lane School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Fleet Wood Lane School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Fleet Wood Lane School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 40% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Fleet Wood Lane School compare with other schools in Lincolnshire?
- Fleet Wood Lane School ranked 76th of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Fleet Wood Lane School's absence rate?
- Fleet Wood Lane School's overall absence rate is 5.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Fleet Wood Lane School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Fleet Wood Lane School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.