Primary school in Spalding, Lincolnshire
The Cowbit St Mary's Church of England Academy
Barrier Bank, Cowbit, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE12 6AE
Ofsted
Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 4 February 2025.
Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 85
- Places
- 84
- How full
- Full — 85 pupils against 84 places
- Girls / boys
- 47 / 38
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for South Holland 011C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 27%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 17%
- Households owning their home
- 78%
- Households in social housing
- 11%
- Households with no car
- 7%
- Adults economically inactive
- 38%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- KEYSTONE ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Elizabeth Leonard
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Ward
- Moulton, Weston and Cowbit
- Constituency
- South Holland and The Deepings
- URN
- 152049
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weston Hills CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Good 2023 | 59% | 1.5 mi |
| Spalding Parish Church of England Day SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Good 2024 | 52% | 2.5 mi |
| Moulton Chapel Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2021 | 33% | 2.6 mi |
| Ayscoughfee Hall SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 2.7 mi |
| The Spalding St John the Baptist Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Good 2023 | 67% | 2.8 mi |
| St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | No grade | 52% | 3.2 mi |
| Monkshouse Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 60% | 3.3 mi |
| St Paul's Community Primary and Nursery School, SpaldingAcademy sponsor led | Good 2024 | 39% | 3.4 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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