The Spalding Monkshouse Primary School
Pennygate, Spalding, PE11 1LG
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by Monkshouse Primary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sue Goodsell
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- South Holland and The Deepings
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 460
- URN
- 120425
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
About this school
The Spalding Monkshouse Primary School was a community primary school in Spalding. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 460 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
The Spalding Monkshouse Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 72% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 70% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% | 78% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.60 | - |
| Writing progress | +0.10 | - |
| Maths progress | -0.80 | - |
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 The Spalding Monkshouse 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 | 55% | 54% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 72% | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 56.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How The Spalding Monkshouse Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.2% | 14% | 460 | — |
| Monkshouse Primary Academy | 60% | 5.1% | 17% | 446 | 0.0 miles |
| Wygate Park Academy | 77% | 3.9% | 16.5% | 272 | 0.5 miles |
| The Spalding St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School | 67% | 4.1% | 13.9% | 415 | 0.5 miles |
| St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy | 52% | 4.9% | 23.3% | 204 | 0.6 miles |
| Spalding Primary Academy | 53% | 5% | 21% | 407 | 0.8 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 14%
- English as an additional language
- 44.8%
- Overall absence
- 6.2%
- Persistent absence
- 18%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Monkshouse Primary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Spalding
-
Wygate Park Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Spalding
-
The Spalding St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Spalding
-
St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Spalding
-
Spalding Primary Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Spalding
Other 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
- 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
Common questions
- What year groups does The Spalding Monkshouse Primary School teach?
- The Spalding Monkshouse Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Spalding.
- Has The Spalding Monkshouse Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected The Spalding Monkshouse Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is The Spalding Monkshouse Primary School?
- The Spalding Monkshouse Primary School had 460 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have The Spalding Monkshouse Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 55% in 2022/23 and 72% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are The Spalding Monkshouse Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Spalding Monkshouse 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 31 December 2023.