Wygate Park Academy
Witham Road, Spalding, PE11 3WT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- VOYAGE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP
- Head Teacher
- Dr Craig Early
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Voyage Education Partnership
- Constituency
- South Holland and The Deepings
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 272
- URN
- 140498
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01775714506
About this school
Wygate Park Academy is a primary academy in Spalding. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 272 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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 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
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- 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 | 31 | 32 | 65 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 81% | 88% | 77% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 0% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 90% | 94% | 85% |
| Expected standard in maths | 81% | 88% | 86% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 84% | 78% | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 108.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +4.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.20 | - | - |
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 Wygate Park Academy 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 | 81% | 54% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 88% | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 77% | 56.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 274 |
| 2023/24 | 282 |
| 2024/25 | 285 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wygate Park Academy compares
Wygate Park Academy ranked 29th of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 82% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 77% | 3.9% | 16.5% | 272 | — |
| Spalding Primary Academy | 53% | 5% | 21% | 407 | 0.3 miles |
| St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy | 52% | 4.9% | 23.3% | 204 | 0.3 miles |
| Monkshouse Primary Academy | 60% | 5.1% | 17% | 446 | 0.5 miles |
| The Spalding St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School | 67% | 4.1% | 13.9% | 415 | 0.7 miles |
| Spalding Parish Church of England Day School | 52% | 5.4% | 28.7% | 537 | 1.2 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)
- 16.49%
- English as an additional language
- 46.3%
- Overall absence
- 3.94%
- Persistent absence
- 7.33%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Spalding Primary Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Spalding
-
St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Spalding
-
Monkshouse Primary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Spalding
-
The Spalding St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Spalding
-
Spalding Parish Church of England Day School1.2 miles
Primary · Spalding
Other schools in Spalding
Wygate Park Academy ranks 3rd 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
- 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 Wygate Park Academy teach?
- Wygate Park Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Spalding.
- Who is the head teacher of Wygate Park Academy?
- The head teacher of Wygate Park Academy is Dr Craig Early, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Wygate Park Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wygate Park Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Wygate Park Academy?
- Wygate Park Academy has 272 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Wygate Park Academy full?
- Wygate Park Academy has capacity for 210 pupils and 272 on roll (130%), so it is at or above 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 Wygate Park Academy a faith school?
- No. Wygate Park Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Wygate Park Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Wygate Park Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Wygate Park Academy?
- Wygate Park Academy is part of VOYAGE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Wygate Park Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 81% in 2022/23 and 77% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Wygate Park Academy rank locally?
- Wygate Park Academy ranked 29th of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 82% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Wygate Park Academy's absence rate?
- Wygate Park Academy's overall absence rate is 3.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wygate Park Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wygate Park Academy'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 1 July 2026.