Clough and Risegate Community Primary SchoolThe Donington Cowley Endowed Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Spalding.

Summary of the comparison

Clough and Risegate Community Primary School and The Donington Cowley Endowed Primary School are primary schools in Spalding.

  • Clough and Risegate Community Primary School scores 67 out of 100 (grade C, average) and The Donington Cowley Endowed Primary School scores 38 out of 100 (grade F, weak). Clough and Risegate Community Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Clough and Risegate Community Primary School was judged Good and The Donington Cowley Endowed Primary School was judged the expected standard.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 43.0% for Clough and Risegate Community Primary School and 41.0% for The Donington Cowley Endowed Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Clough and Risegate Community Primary School (67.0% in 2022-23, 43.0% in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at The Donington Cowley Endowed Primary School (39.0% in 2022-23, 41.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Clough and Risegate Community Primary School versus The Donington Cowley Endowed Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure SpaldingClough and Risegate Community Primary SchoolSpaldingThe Donington Cowley Endowed Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC67/100Stronger figureF38/100
Local ranking50th of 271 in Lincolnshire Stronger figure228th of 271 in Lincolnshire
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Voluntary controlled school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll90 254
Capacity95 270
LocationSpalding, PE11 4JP Spalding, PE11 4TR
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard43.0% Stronger figure41.0% 62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 12.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score101.0 102.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score103.0 Stronger figure102.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census90 254
Free school meals (ever 6)21.1% 39.8%
English as an additional language3.3% 4.7%
SEN support8.9% 11.8%
SEN with an EHC plan3.3% 4.7%
Attendance
Overall absence3.1% Stronger figure6.5% 6.2%
Persistent absence2.5% Stronger figure17.2% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Clough and Risegate Community Primary School

The Donington Cowley Endowed Primary School

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