SCHOOL PROFILE

Cowley Academy: data, trends and context

Cowley Academy is a secondary school in Lincolnshire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
149436
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Lincolnshire
Region
East Midlands
Trust
SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE ACADEMIES TRUST
Postcode
PE11 4TF
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
621
FSM eligible
36.2%
EAL / First language other than English
6.0%
SEND (total)
19.0%
SEN Support
12.7%
EHCP
6.3%
White British
90.2%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
91.1%
Overall absence
8.9%
Persistent absence
27.6%
Severe absence
4.3%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
LincolnshireLocal authority91.5%8.5%2.5%
East MidlandsRegion91.5%8.5%3.2%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
15.5%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
7.2%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.32%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
36.5
English & maths grade 5+
16.8%
English & maths grade 4+
34.4%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

See Cowley Academy against 25 similar schools

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Cowley Academy is a secondary school in Lincolnshire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.