The Cowbit St Mary's Church of England Academy
The Cowbit St Mary's Church of England Academy is a converter academy in Spalding for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 85 pupils, 1 more than it has places for. About 26 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.
Barrier Bank, Cowbit, Spalding, PE12 6AE01406 380369cowbit.lincs.sch.ukMrs Elizabeth Leonard headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 4 February 2025, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.
Results
Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025
6 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England. With a year group this small, a couple of children can move the percentages a long way. These are the results of The Cowbit St Mary's (Endowed) CofE Primary, the school this one replaced.
All Year 6 measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025† | 2024† | 2023† | 2019† | 2018† | 2017† | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils tested | 6 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | – | – |
| Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 67% | 20% | 25% | 33% | 44% | 59% | 63% |
| Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 11% | 6% | 8% |
| Reading scoreReading average scaled score | 105.0 | 102.0 | 96.0 | 102.0 | 98.0 | 103.0 | 104.5 | 105.6 |
| Maths scoreMaths average scaled score | 104.0 | 99.0 | 94.0 | 100.0 | 96.0 | 99.0 | 103.5 | 104.6 |
| Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score | 105.0 | 100.0 | 95.0 | 99.0 | 96.0 | 100.0 | 103.9 | 105.2 |
| Expected level: readingReading expected standard | 50% | 67% | 30% | 63% | 44% | 56% | – | – |
| Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard | 67% | 67% | 30% | 25% | 44% | 67% | – | – |
| Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed) | 83% | 67% | 30% | 88% | 56% | 44% | – | – |
| Reading progressReading progress score | – | – | -4.3 | -5.7 | -0.9 | -3.3 | – | – |
| Maths progressMaths progress score | – | – | -2.9 | -7.1 | -3.3 | -4.6 | – | – |
There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.
† These results are for The Cowbit St Mary's (Endowed) CofE Primary, the school this one replaced in September 2025. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published. As a Church of England school it may put families of that faith first. Check the school's own admissions rules.
How places were given out for September 2026. More children applied than there were places. The last place went to a child chosen by how close to the school they lived, but the council didn't publish how far away that was.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 19.5 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 23.0 (England 27.3).
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (6), language and communications needs (4), Autistic spectrum disorder (2), Moderate learning difficulty (2), emotional and mental health (2), Physical disability (1).
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.8% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25† | 2023/24† | 2022/23† | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 5.2% | 7.3% | 8.9% | 13.6% | 11.0% | 8.0% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 3.7% | 5.2% | 7.5% | 10.2% | 7.3% | 7.0% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.5% | 2.1% | 1.4% | 3.5% | 3.7% | 1.1% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 13.9% | 19.7% | 27.3% | 53.5% | 43.1% | 21.7% | 12.8% |
† These attendance figures are for The Cowbit St Mary's (Endowed) CofE Primary, the school this one replaced in September 2025. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weston Hills CofE Primary School | Church of England | 1.5 miles | 135 | Good 2023 | 45 | Compare |
| Spalding Parish Church of England Day School | Academy | 2.5 miles | 537 | Good 2024 | 23 | Compare |
| Moulton Chapel Primary School | Council | 2.6 miles | 70 | Report card 2026 | 7 | Compare |
| The Spalding St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 2.8 miles | 415 | Good 2023 | 62 | Compare |
| St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy | Academy | 3.2 miles | 204 | No overall grade 2025 | 26 | Compare |
| Monkshouse Primary Academy | Academy | 3.3 miles | 446 | Good 2023 | 27 | Compare |
| St Paul's Community Primary and Nursery School, Spalding | Academy | 3.4 miles | 209 | Good 2024 | 14 | Compare |
| Wygate Park Academy | Academy | 3.5 miles | 272 | No overall grade 2025 | 89 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is The Cowbit St Mary's Church of England Academy a good school?
The Cowbit St Mary's Church of England Academy doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it not judged at its last inspection in February 2025.
What is The Cowbit St Mary's Church of England Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Cowbit St Mary's Church of England Academy not judged at its last full inspection on 4 February 2025.
How good are The Cowbit St Mary's Church of England Academy's SATs results?
In summer 2025, 50% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 0% went further and reached the higher level. The year group was small, so the percentages jump around a lot from year to year.
How many pupils does The Cowbit St Mary's Church of England Academy have?
85 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 84 places, so it is 101% full.
What is attendance like at The Cowbit St Mary's Church of England Academy?
Pupils were in school 94.8% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 14% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at The Cowbit St Mary's Church of England Academy?
The average class had 21.3 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Barrier Bank, Cowbit, Spalding, PE12 6AE
- Telephone
- 01406 380369
- Website
- www.cowbit.lincs.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Elizabeth Leonard
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 4-11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England, Diocese of Lincoln
- Multi-academy trust
- Keystone Academy Trust (7 schools)
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Ward
- Moulton, Weston and Cowbit
- Constituency
- South Holland and The Deepings
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2025 (academy converter)
- URN
- 152049 · LAESTAB 9253337 · UKPRN 10098493
- Formerly
- The Cowbit St Mary's (Endowed) CofE Primary
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Year 6 results: DfE key stage 2 tables, 2024/25.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Admissions outcomes: Lincolnshire council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.