John Spendluffe Foundation Technology College is a secondary school located in Alford. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's management effectiveness good, overall effectiveness, quality of education and outcomes for pupils requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 27/03/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.6%, which is 1.6 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Hanby Lane, Alford, LN13 9BL
Website: http://www.john-spendluffe.lincs.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01507462443
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Lincolnshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Simon Curtis
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136968

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 27/03/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 625
Number of Pupils: 625
Number of Boys: 313
Number of Girls: 312

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.6% 4%
Persistent absence: 15.4% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.18 Confidence interval -0.44 to 0.08
Of the 94 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 91 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:30%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:94%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:16%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:38.3
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.02
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Alford Primary School
Hanby Lane , LN13 9BJ
3out of 4 146 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
John Spendluffe Foundation Technology College
Hanby Lane , LN13 9BL
2out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy
Station Road , LN13 9HY
4out of 4 900 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.