Gedney Church End Primary Academy
Church End, Gedney, Spalding, PE12 0BU
This school is closed (it closed in July 2024).
It was replaced by Gedney Church End Primary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Valerie Rose
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- South Holland and The Deepings
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 60
- URN
- 148746
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
About this school
Gedney Church End Primary Academy was a primary academy in Spalding. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 60 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Gedney Church End Primary Academy has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2021, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 13 | 14 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 31% | 14% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 38% | 29% |
| Expected standard in maths | 46% | 43% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 54% | 36% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 96.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.90 | - |
| Writing progress | +0.60 | - |
| Maths progress | -4.10 | - |
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 Church End Primary 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 | 31% | 54% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 14% | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 56.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 69 |
| 2023/24 | 60 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Gedney Church End Primary Academy compares
Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.8% | 41.7% | 60 | — |
| Gedney Church End Primary Academy | 58% | 8% | 65.9% | 47 | 0.0 miles |
| Fleet Wood Lane School | 67% | 5.7% | 31.3% | 163 | 1.0 miles |
| Long Sutton County Primary School | 32% | 5.1% | 28.9% | 420 | 1.6 miles |
| Lutton St Nicholas Primary Academy | 60% | 5.6% | 28.2% | 104 | 1.9 miles |
| The Holbeach William Stukeley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 68% | 6% | 32.6% | 309 | 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.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 41.7%
- English as an additional language
- 25%
- Overall absence
- 6.8%
- Persistent absence
- 26.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Gedney Church End Primary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Spalding
-
Fleet Wood Lane School1.0 miles
Primary · Spalding
-
Long Sutton County Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Spalding
-
Lutton St Nicholas Primary Academy1.9 miles
Primary · Spalding
- 2.9 miles
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 ages does Gedney Church End Primary Academy teach?
- Gedney Church End Primary Academy taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Spalding.
- Has Gedney Church End Primary Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Gedney Church End Primary Academy 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 many pupils are at Gedney Church End Primary Academy?
- Gedney Church End Primary Academy had 60 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Gedney Church End Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 31% in 2022/23 and 14% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Gedney Church End Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Gedney Church End Primary 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 31 July 2024.