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Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham

Alternative provision school · Free schools alternative provision · ages 4 to 16 · Mixed

New Beacon Road, Grantham, NG31 9LD

  • Pupils44
  • Ages4 to 16
  • Latest Ofsted27 Sep 2022
  • FundingState-funded
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Ofsted inspections

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Graded inspection · 27 Sep 2022

Overall effectiveness: Good

  • Quality of educationGood
  • Behaviour and attitudesGood
  • Personal developmentGood
  • Leadership and managementGood
  • Safeguarding is effectiveYes

Grades run from Outstanding to Inadequate (four steps, left to right).

S5 Inspection · report published 20 Oct 2022

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Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at 30 September 2026). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.

Results

No results for this school are in the performance tables we use. Results are published for schools with pupils at the end of Year 6, Year 11 or 16 to 18 study, and figures are hidden when very few pupils are involved.

Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.

Pupils and attendance

Pupils
44 (capacity 65)
14 girls, 30 boys
Eligible for free school meals
77.3% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)

Pupils with SEN support

Special educational needs, without an education, health and care (EHC) plan.

2024/25

This school
89.6%

Pupils with an EHC plan

An education, health and care plan sets out the support a child must get.

2024/25

This school
10.4%

Eligible for free school meals at any time in the last 6 years

2024/25

This school
75%

First language not English

This is not a measure of how well pupils speak English.

2024/25

This school
18.8%

Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.

About the school

Type
Free schools alternative provision (Free Schools)
Trust
WELLSPRING ACADEMY TRUST
Sponsor
Wellspring Academy Trust
Boys, girls or mixed
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Opened
10 June 2019
Local authority
Lincolnshire
Parliamentary constituency
Grantham and Bourne
URN
147197 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)

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