St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy
Tollgate, Spalding, PE11 1NJOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Spalding for ages 4 to 11. It is one of the 393 schools in Lincolnshire. It ranks 13th of 30 primary schools in Spalding. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in May 2025, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 7 May 2025, report published 8 June 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
- Early years provision
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 7 May 2025
This is a happy, inclusive school where pupils enjoy their learning and form strong friendships. The school's virtues, such as love, forgiveness, compassion and hope, provide pupils with positive values, helping them grow into thoughtful and kind individuals. Warm, positive relationships underpin pupils' behaviour throughout the school day. They use their manners readily, showing consideration for others. Pupils' conduct around school and in lessons is calm and orderly. The school has high ambitions for what pupils can achieve. From the early years, children build strong foundations for learning, and as they progress, they continue to meet these expectations in most curriculum areas. Pupils know they can make a positive difference to life at the school because their voices and opinions are appreciated and recognised. They enjoy a wealth of leadership responsibilities. For example, the reading ambassadors recommend literature to their peers, while sports leaders are proud to run activities during social times. The school's rich extra-curricular offerings in music, languages, sports and the arts help to nurture pupils' talents and interests. The overwhelming majority of parents and carers praise the school highly. They appreciate how staff support their child's holistic development, helping them to become well-rounded individuals with 'strong morals'.
What the school should improve
- The school does not support pupils well enough to develop a secure understanding of vocabulary, syntax, sentence structure and audience awareness in their writing. Consequently, some pupils find it difficult to communicate their ideas effectively in writing across the curriculum. The school should equip staff with the expertise needed to help pupils refine and sharpen their knowledge of writing and expression across the curriculum.
- On occasion, the school does not ensure that the activities that pupils complete help them to learn more about a subject. When this happens, it hinders pupils from building a rich body of subject knowledge across the curriculum. The school should ensure that pupils engage with tasks that aim to deepen their understanding of the subject and prepare them for the next steps in the school's curriculum.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
29 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
204 pupils on roll, with places for 210
Schools near St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wygate Park Academy | 0.3 miles | Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding | 77% met the expected standard |
| Spalding Primary Academy | 0.4 miles | Ofsted: Good | 53% met the expected standard |
| The Spalding St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School | 0.5 miles | Ofsted: Good | 67% met the expected standard |
| Ayscoughfee Hall School | 0.6 miles | No Ofsted inspection | Not published |
| Monkshouse Primary Academy | 0.6 miles | Ofsted: Good | 60% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Academy converter
- Sector
- Academy
- Trust
- OUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery classes
- No
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jenna Withers
- Phone
- 01775722889
- Address
- Tollgate, Spalding, PE11 1NJ
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- URN
- 146257
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.