Shepeau Stow Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedCommunity school · Primary
Spalding · PE12 0TX · Lincolnshire
Ages 5–11
- KS240%
- Absence5.7%
- FSM31.0%
- Demand0.75
2.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 120548
The Gedney Hill Church of England VC Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Spalding · PE12 0NL
Ages 4–11 · 60 pupils · Lincolnshire
Ofsted
Not judged
KS2 expected (RWM)
22%
Overall absence
8.2%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-06-24
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)22%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 95.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 98.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 97.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)25.4%
Unauthorised1.2%
- Authorised absence
- 7.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.2%
- Enrolments in measure
- 63
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
3
Places offered
3
1st-preference offers
3
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 5
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 3
- Applications from outside LA
- 1
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 1
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill57%
60 pupils · 105 places
- Pupils on roll
- 60
- Boys / girls
- 27 / 33
- School capacity
- 105
- Capacity fill
- 60 / 105 (57%)
- Free school meals
- 33.3%
- FSM pupils
- 20
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Lincoln
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
- Federation
- The Federation of Gedney Hill CofE Primary and Shepeau Stow Primary School
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alison Buddle
Location
- Address
- North Road, Gedney Hill
- Postcode
- PE12 0NL
- Town
- Spalding
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- District
- South Holland
- Constituency
- South Holland and The Deepings
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Spalding, Lincolnshire, 60 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 33.3%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Lincoln.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Alderman Payne Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Wisbech · PE13 4JA · Cambridgeshire
Ages 4–11
- KS253%
- Absence4.6%
- FSM29.0%
- Demand1.08
2.7 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alison Buddle
- Telephone
- 01406330258