- Grammar school for boys
- Lincolnshire 11+
Spalding Grammar School: 11+ entry
Priory Road, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 2XH
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Can we apply, and what did it take?
For September 2027 entry
Opens a short explanationqualifying scoreThe score a child must reach to be considered for a grammar school place in that area. Reaching it is not an offer of a place: places then follow each school’s admission rules.
220or more
Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools 11+, 2027 entry
Checked, source: Spalding Grammar School, checkedYear 7 places
150
2027 entry, Published Admission Number ()Opens a short explanationPANPublished Admission NumberThe number of places a school offers in its first year group, for example Year 7. The admission authority sets it each year in the school’s admission policy.
Checked, source: Spalding Grammar School, checked- Not publishedWe have no checked figure for how far offers reached.
Last distance offered
Your next deadline
Next: School place applications close: Common Application Form ()Opens a short explanationCAFCommon Application FormThe form you use to apply for a secondary school place. You send it to your own council, even for schools in another area, and you list the schools you want in order of preference. In England it closes on 31 October.
in 11 days
Can we get in?
How far offers reached
Each bar shows how far from Spalding Grammar School the last child offered a place lived, under the last admission rule the offers reached. Up to five years, on one scale.
Qualifying is not the same as being offered a place.
A score of 220 or more in the Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools 11+ means your child can be considered. If more children qualify than there are places, the school gives places using its admission rules, in order. The figures below show how far those rules reached in past years. They are history, not a prediction: they change every year with who applies.
Applications and offers, September 2026 entry (Department for Education)
How many families applied to Spalding Grammar School and how many places it offered. Applicants per place is all applications divided by offers. Families apply to several schools and not every applicant qualifies, so it is not the chance of a place.
| Figure | Department for Education |
|---|---|
| First-preference applications | 153First-preference applications, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000004,East Midlands,925,E10000019,Lincolnshire,Secondary,9254603,z,3,Spalding Grammar School,146,146,123,19,3,271,153,89,28,1.2439024390243902,1.047945205479452,73,53,Academy converter,No religious character,8.4,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001487,South Holland and The Deepings,139304,7View the official source |
| All applications (any preference) | 271All applications (any preference), 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000004,East Midlands,925,E10000019,Lincolnshire,Secondary,9254603,z,3,Spalding Grammar School,146,146,123,19,3,271,153,89,28,1.2439024390243902,1.047945205479452,73,53,Academy converter,No religious character,8.4,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001487,South Holland and The Deepings,139304,7View the official source |
| Places offered on National Offer Day | 146Places offered on National Offer Day, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000004,East Midlands,925,E10000019,Lincolnshire,Secondary,9254603,z,3,Spalding Grammar School,146,146,123,19,3,271,153,89,28,1.2439024390243902,1.047945205479452,73,53,Academy converter,No religious character,8.4,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001487,South Holland and The Deepings,139304,7View the official source |
| Applicants per place | 1.9Applicants per place, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000004,East Midlands,925,E10000019,Lincolnshire,Secondary,9254603,z,3,Spalding Grammar School,146,146,123,19,3,271,153,89,28,1.2439024390243902,1.047945205479452,73,53,Academy converter,No religious character,8.4,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001487,South Holland and The Deepings,139304,7View the official source |
Source: Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics), checked
About these figures
Spalding Grammar has not published past cut-off scores on the pages we checked.
At a glance
Spalding Grammar School in brief
tap a value for its source
- Pupils
- boysPupilsChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Spalding Grammar School.The source says:
Only boys may be admitted below the Sixth Form.
View the official source - Who the school admits.
- School type
- academySchool typeChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Spalding Grammar School.The source says:
As a selective Academy Spalding Grammar School is its own admissions authority.
View the official source - How the school is run and funded.
- Year 7 places
- 150Year 7 placesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Spalding Grammar School.The source says:
There is an admission limit of 150 in each year spread over five forms of entry.
View the official source2027 entry - The (PAN): how many children the school plans to admit.
- Entrance test
- Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools 11+
- The test children sit to be considered. Written by GL Assessment.
- Opens a short explanationcatchmentAn area, set by a school or a council, where children get higher priority for a place. Living inside it is not an offer of a place. Not every school has a catchment.
- A mapped area (see the admission rules)
- Where children get priority. Living inside it does not by itself mean a place.
Key dates
Dates for September 2027 entry
For children in Year 6 in 2026/27.
Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools
3 earlier steps, all doneShow
Done: Test registration opens
Done: Test registration closes
Done: Results
12pm
Next: School place applications close (CAF)
in 11 days
Coming up: National Offer Day
Not published yet: Test day
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Year 5 now? Dates for September 2028 entryNone of these dates are published yet.
Not published yet: Test registration opens
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Not published yet: Test registration closes
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Not published yet: Test day
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Not published yet: Results
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Notes on these dates
Late registration and late tests: late tests are possible, for example for families who have just moved into the areaSpalding Grammar School: Late testing (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools.The source says: Is it possible to take the tests late (i.e. after the date when Local Authority preference forms have to be submitted)? Yes. This happens, for example, when families have just moved into the area.
View the official source.
How places are given
Admission rules and catchment
- Who qualifies
- the county standard (220), which may be raised if more than 150 qualifiers live in Spalding and the feeder parishesSource: Spalding Grammar School, checked
- Catchment
- Lincolnshire County Council's designated transport area for the school: Spalding and the feeder parishes of South Lincolnshire (Appendix 1)Source: Spalding Grammar School, checked
- If two children are level for the last place
- equal scores: nearest (as the crow flies); then lottery by an independent personSource: Spalding Grammar School, checked
- Waiting list
- a reserve list is kept until the end of the academic yearSource: Spalding Grammar School, checked
More detail from our guide
- Priority area: Lincolnshire County Council's designated transport area for the school: Spalding and the feeder parishes of South Lincolnshire (Appendix 1)Spalding Grammar School: Catchment description (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Spalding Grammar School.The source says:
defined as Spalding and the feeder Parishes of South Lincolnshire (listed in Appendix
View the official source - How distance is measured: Straight line, from home postcode Post Office address point to the school's address pointSpalding Grammar School: Distance rule (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Spalding Grammar School.The source says:
measured by the Local Authority as the direct distance (“as the crow flies”) from the
View the official source - Waiting list: a reserve list is kept until the end of the academic yearSpalding Grammar School: Waiting list (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Spalding Grammar School.The source says:
Spalding Grammar School will keep the reserve list until the end of the academic year.
View the official source
The test
Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools 11+
- Test
- Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools 11+
- Written by
- GL Assessment
- Test date, 2027 entry
- Not yet published
Spalding Grammar uses the two Lincolnshire consortium tests; a total of 220Lincolnshire: Qualifying scoreChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools.The source says: The qualifying level is a total standardised score of at least 220 on both papers.
View the official source or more qualifies a child.
Format: Lincolnshire guide.
Open days
Next: Year 6 Open Mornings (all day), Tue 20 Oct 2026
Coming up: Year 6 Open Mornings (all day)
Source: probe, checked
If you are refused a place
Reviews, appeals and the waiting list
General information, not legal advice.
- How appeals work
- online appeal form to the school; organised with Lincolnshire County Council legal team; independent panelSource: Spalding Grammar School, checked
General information, not legal advice.
How appeals work here: online appeal form to the school; organised with Lincolnshire County Council legal team; independent panelSpalding Grammar School: Appeals route (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Spalding Grammar School.The source says: All appeals are organised by Spalding Grammar School with the Legal Team at Lincolnshire County Council and are heard by an Independent Panel.
View the official source.
The 2027-entry appeal timetable is not published yet.
What is different about Spalding Grammar
- If more than 150 local qualifiers apply, the 220 threshold is raised rather than using distanceSpalding Grammar School: DistinctivesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Spalding Grammar School.The source says:
If numbers still exceed 150, then the aggregate score of 220 will be raised in order to contain the number of admissions.
View the official source - Priority area: Spalding and named feeder parishes of South LincolnshireSpalding Grammar School: DistinctivesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Spalding Grammar School.The source says:
defined as Spalding and the feeder Parishes of South Lincolnshire (listed in Appendix
View the official source - A qualifying score stays valid throughout secondary school; a non-qualifying score lasts until the end of Year 7Spalding Grammar School: DistinctivesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Spalding Grammar School.The source says:
That qualification score (220 or above) remains valid for the duration of the pupils’ secondary school education.
View the official source - Termly mid-year CAT4 test dates published (e.g. 5 October 2026, 30 November 2026)Spalding Grammar School: DistinctivesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Spalding Grammar School.The source says:
Term 1 Test date – Monday 5 October 2026
View the official source
Entry in September 2028 (Year 5 now)
No 2028 arrangements found yet.
Official documents and sources
8 sources, each kept as an archived copy
- Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics)
Spreadsheet · copy archived by ExamKind on 16 Oct 2026
- Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 13 Oct 2026
- Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 13 Oct 2026
- probe
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- Spalding Grammar School
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- Spalding Grammar School
PDF document · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- Spalding Grammar School
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- Spalding Grammar School
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
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