Academy’s celebrations

Spalding Academy staff are celebrating after being named the top non-selective school in Lincolnshire.

The Department of Education has released its Progress Eight scores as a benchmark to show how schools are doing from Key Stage Two to Key Stage Four.
Spalding is the highest ranked public school and third overall only behind Kesteven and Grantham Girls’ School and The King’s School, Grantham.
It’s run by the South Lincolnshire Academy Trust which also looks after Bourne Academy which was just below Spalding in the table and was also rated as ‘above average’.
The trust has also taken over the Cowley Academy in Donington which is rated average.
A school spokesman said: “These scores will also place Spalding Academy and Bourne Academy in the top five per cent of all schools in the country.”
Lucy Conley, Chief Executive Officer at South Lincolnshire Academies Trust, said: “It is tremendous recognition that Spalding Academy is the top performing school in Spalding, Bourne Academy is the top performing school in Bourne and that Giles Academy and Cowley Academy are both the top performing schools in the Boston area, outperforming both non-selective and grammar schools.
“This success demonstrates that our trust model for school improvement works as the schools continue to go from strength to strength.”