Gedney Drove End Primary School
Main Road, Gedney Drove End, Spalding, PE12 9PD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Karyn Herd
- Federation
- Griffin Federation
- Constituency
- South Holland and The Deepings
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 70
- Pupils on roll
- 33
- URN
- 120410
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01406550242
About this school
Gedney Drove End Primary School is a community primary school in Spalding. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 33 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Gedney Drove End Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | - | 33% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% | - | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 88% | - | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 88% | - | 33% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 88% | - | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110.0 | - | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | - | 96.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.70 | - | - |
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 Gedney Drove End Primary 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 | 63% | 54% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | — | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 33% | 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 | 4.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 37 |
| 2023/24 | 32 |
| 2024/25 | 37 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Gedney Drove End Primary School compares
Gedney Drove End Primary School ranked 232nd of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 8% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 33% | 5.3% | 35.1% | 33 | — |
| Lutton St Nicholas Primary Academy | 60% | 5.6% | 28.2% | 104 | 2.9 miles |
| Long Sutton County Primary School | 32% | 5.1% | 28.9% | 420 | 4.2 miles |
| Gedney Church End Primary Academy | 58% | 8% | 65.9% | 47 | 4.6 miles |
| Sutton Bridge Westmere Community Primary School | 70% | 6.5% | 52.3% | 204 | 4.7 miles |
| The Holbeach St Mark's Church of England Primary School | — | 4% | 28.6% | 48 | 5.4 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 35.14%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 5.25%
- Persistent absence
- 22.22%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lutton St Nicholas Primary Academy2.9 miles
Primary · Spalding
-
Long Sutton County Primary School4.2 miles
Primary · Spalding
-
Gedney Church End Primary Academy4.6 miles
Primary · Spalding
-
Sutton Bridge Westmere Community Primary School4.7 miles
Primary · Spalding
-
The Holbeach St Mark's Church of England Primary School5.4 miles
Primary · Spalding
Other schools in Spalding
Gedney Drove End Primary School ranks 27th of the 30 ranked primary schools in Spalding.
- Clough and Risegate Community Primary School Primary
- Deeping St Nicholas Primary School Primary
- Fleet Wood Lane School Primary
- Gedney Church End Primary Academy 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 Gedney Drove End Primary School teach?
- Gedney Drove End Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Spalding.
- Who is the headteacher of Gedney Drove End Primary School?
- The headteacher of Gedney Drove End Primary School is Mrs Karyn Herd, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Gedney Drove End Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Gedney Drove End Primary 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 Gedney Drove End Primary School?
- Gedney Drove End Primary School has 33 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Gedney Drove End Primary School full?
- Gedney Drove End Primary School has capacity for 70 pupils and 33 on roll (47%), 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 Gedney Drove End Primary School a faith school?
- No. Gedney Drove End Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Gedney Drove End Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Gedney Drove End Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Gedney Drove End Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Gedney Drove End Primary School is part of the Griffin Federation federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Gedney Drove End Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 63% in 2022/23 and 33% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Gedney Drove End Primary School compare with other schools in Lincolnshire?
- Gedney Drove End Primary School ranked 232nd of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 8% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Gedney Drove End Primary School's absence rate?
- Gedney Drove End Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Gedney Drove End Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Gedney Drove End Primary 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 30 June 2026.