The Thomas Cowley High School is a secondary school located in Spalding. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 26/09/2012. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.5%, which is 2.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: School Lane, Spalding, PE11 4TF
Website: http://www.thomascowley.lincs.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01775820254
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Lincolnshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Ian Dawson
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 138755

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 26/09/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 650
Number of Pupils: 606
Number of Boys: 313
Number of Girls: 293

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 21% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -0.56 Confidence interval -0.78 to -0.35
Of the 139 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 136 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:5%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:93%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:26%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:35.9
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:2.72
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Donington Cowley Endowed Primary School
Towndam Lane , Donington PE11 4TR 		3out of 4 588 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Quadring Cowley & Brown's Primary School
Church End , Quadring PE11 4SQ 		3out of 4 2,230 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Thomas Cowley High School
School Lane , Donington PE11 4TF 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Bicker Preparatory School and Early Years
School Lane , Bicker PE20 3DW 		- not rated 2,488 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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