Terrington St John Primary School

Community school·Primary school Wisbech, Norfolk·PE14 7SG
Composite score
21.4
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#14,314
National rank
#1617
In East of England
#245
In Norfolk
Top 97%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
33%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
98.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
98.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
2 first choices, 3 places
First choices per place
0.67
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
9
any preference, for 3 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.33
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6920220.8220231.0020241.0020250.672026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Terrington St John Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
59
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
30.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
28.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
10.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
33.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.3
Typical primary: 20.7

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

Terrington St John Primary School is a primary school serving Wisbech, Norfolk, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 59 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 33% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 22.0 percentage points year on year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 98 in reading and 98 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Terrington St John Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 3 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 10.5%. There are about 17.3 pupils per teacher. Terrington St John Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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