Gedney Church End Primary Academy
Primary school in Spalding, Lincolnshire. Inadequate (Mar 2023). Special measures.
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 14 March 2023, report published 15 May 2023, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Special measures. Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern.
This grade was given to Gedney Church End Primary Academy (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Gedney Church End Primary Academy hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Inadequate overall. The lowest grade. The school had serious problems. 2% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Inadequate.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Inadequate |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around March 2027
The last inspection was in March 2023. Schools are usually inspected about every four years. That’s within the next six months.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2028 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 1.0 milesFleet Wood Lane School
Report card, Jun 2026: 5 expected, 2 needs attention
- 1.6 milesLong Sutton County Primary School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Nov 2024)
- 1.9 milesLutton St Nicholas Primary Academy
No overall grade. Quality of education requires improvement (Jan 2025)
- 2.9 milesThe Holbeach William Stukeley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Good (Apr 2024)
- 3.0 milesHolbeach Primary Academy
School remains Good (Mar 2023)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.