Thomas Middlecott Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
F38
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Boston, PE20 1JS
- Distance
- 9.6km away
Cowley Academy
School Lane, Spalding, PE11 4TF
Local ranking29th of 54 secondary schools in Lincolnshire
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
650
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 20 May 2025. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from The Thomas Cowley High School (URN 138755) since 31 August 2022. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 20 May 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 44.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 30.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 58.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 120
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 627
- Boys
- 323 (52%)
- Girls
- 298 (48%)
- Capacity
- 650 (96% full)
- SEND
- 15.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 35.9%
- EAL
- 6.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.3%
- SEN Support
- 10.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 33.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,811/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 89.4%
- White Other: 6.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.6%
- Asian Indian: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.3%
- Black African: 0.3%
89.4%
White British
6.4%
White Other
1.6%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
School Lane
Spalding, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 149436
- UKPRN
- 10091323
- Establishment No.
- 4057
- Trust
- SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE ACADEMIES TRUST
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