St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary AcademySpalding Parish Church of England Day School

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

Summary of the comparison

St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy and Spalding Parish Church of England Day School are primary schools in Spalding.

  • St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy scores 40 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Spalding Parish Church of England Day School scores 55 out of 100 (grade C, average). Spalding Parish Church of England Day School is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy was judged the expected standard and Spalding Parish Church of England Day School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 52.0% for St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy and 52.0% for Spalding Parish Church of England Day School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy (33.0% in 2022-23, 52.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Spalding Parish Church of England Day School (63.0% in 2022-23, 52.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy versus Spalding Parish Church of England Day School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure SpaldingSt Norbert's Catholic Voluntary AcademySpaldingSpalding Parish Church of England Day SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD40/100C55/100Stronger figure
Local ranking218th of 271 in Lincolnshire 128th of 271 in Lincolnshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy sponsor led
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll206 543
Capacity210 630
LocationSpalding, PE11 1NJ Spalding, PE11 2QG
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard52.0% 52.0% 62.0%
At higher standard7.0% Stronger figure6.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score105.0 Stronger figure103.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score101.0 102.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census206 543
Free school meals (ever 6)23.3% 28.7%
English as an additional language48.1% 42.7%
SEN support11.2% 7.7%
SEN with an EHC plan2.9% 3.7%
Attendance
Overall absence4.9% Stronger figure5.4% 6.2%
Persistent absence7.5% Stronger figure15.9% 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.

St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy

Spalding Parish Church of England Day School

Full profiles: St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy · Spalding Parish Church of England Day School