- Type
- Secondary Modern
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms K Kilby
- Address
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School Lane
Donington
Spalding
Lincs
PE11 4TF - Telephone
- 01775 820254
- School email address
- enquiries@thomascowley.lincs.sch.uk
- School website
- Church school
- No
- Category
- Academy
- Total number 11 to 16
- 600
- Admission authority
- Academy trust
- Published admission number
- 130
- 2025 oversubscription criteria
-
Where the number of applications is more than the number of places available, the following criteria will be applied in the order set out below, to decide which children to admit.
- Looked after children and previously looked after children including those children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
- Sibling on roll at time of application.
- Children of staff members employed by the school.
- Children for whom the school is the closest to their home address.
- Straight line distance from the home to the school, priority given to those who live closest.
If distance is not sufficient to distinguish between applicants for the last place then a lottery will be conducted.
See the school’s full admissions policy for more information.
- 2026 oversubscription criteria
-
Where the number of applications is more than the number of places available, the following criteria will be applied in the order set out below, to decide which children to admit.
- Looked after children and previously looked after children including those children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
- Sibling on roll at time of application.
- Children of staff members employed by the school.
- Children for whom the school is the closest to their home address.
- Straight line distance from the home to the school, priority given to those who live closest.
If distance is not sufficient to distinguish between applicants for the last place then a lottery will be conducted.
See the school’s full admissions policy for more information.
- Sixth form published admission number
- 120
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- Department for Education Number
- 9254057
- Last place offered 2026 admissions round
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The last applicant offered a place lives 6.218 straight line miles from the school.
This application was ranked under criterion 5 which is the measure of straight line distance from the applicant's home address to the school, with priority given to those who live closest.