Gedney Drove End Primary School
Main Road, Gedney Drove End, Spalding, PE12 9PDOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Gedney Drove End Primary School is a primary school in Spalding for ages 4 to 11. It is one of the 393 schools in Lincolnshire. It ranks 24th of 30 primary schools in Spalding. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in March 2025, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 4 March 2025, report published 24 March 2025
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 4 March 2025
Pupils enjoy attending this caring and welcoming school. The school has high expectations of what pupils can achieve. Most pupils progress well through the curriculum and produce high-quality work. In lessons, most pupils have excellent attitudes to learning. They concentrate well on learning activities. Pupils are proud to get 'Gedney' reward points for demonstrating the school's values. The school is calm and orderly. It has established clear learning routines that pupils understand and follow. Pupils show respect to each other and to staff. At playtime and lunchtime, pupils enjoy socialising and playing games together. Older pupils happily help younger pupils to take part in these. Pupils are safe in school. They know that there are adults in school they can talk to if they are worried about anything. Pupils enjoy taking on responsibilities that develop their leadership skills and character. For example, they are proud to be librarians, house captains, playground ambassadors, junior attendance champions and school councillors. The school has enhanced the curriculum through trips to local places of interest. Pupils take part in clubs that develop their interests. They enjoy attending gardening club, choir, film club and a range of sports activities.
What the school should improve
- Sometimes, in some subjects, pupils are given activities to complete which do not help them to learn the intended curriculum content as well as they could. This affects how well some pupils build up their knowledge in these subjects. Where this is the case, the school should ensure that learning tasks are well matched to the intended learning set out in the school's curriculum.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
6 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
33 pupils on roll, with places for 70
Schools near Gedney Drove End Primary School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutton St Nicholas Primary Academy | 3 miles | Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good | 60% met the expected standard |
| Long Sutton County Primary School | 4 miles | Ofsted judgements: Good | 32% met the expected standard |
| Gedney Church End Primary Academy | 5 miles | Ofsted: Inadequate | 58% met the expected standard |
| Sutton Bridge Westmere Community Primary School | 5 miles | Report card: Needs attention | 70% met the expected standard |
| The Holbeach St Mark's Church of England Primary School | 5 miles | Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good | Not published |
School details
- School type
- Community school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery classes
- No
- Headteacher
- Mrs Karyn Herd
- Phone
- 01406550242
- Address
- Main Road, Gedney Drove End, Spalding, PE12 9PD
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- URN
- 120410
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.