The Nene Infant & Nursery School

Academy sponsor led·Infant school Wisbech, Cambridgeshire·PE13 2AP

School type

Infant school

Ages 2–7

Key Stage 2 performance

The Nene Infant & Nursery School is an infant school for pupils aged 2–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

45 first choices, 50 places

First choices per place

0.90

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 50 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.08

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9020221.0020230.9720240.9820250.902026

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

Every child who put The Nene Infant & Nursery 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).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 2–7
Pupils on roll: 234
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

39.7%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

48.7%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

18.4%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

5.6%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

6.8%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

21.2%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

17.0

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£8,556

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Ramnoth Junior School Wisbech · 0.2 mi 39.4 Elm Road Primary School Wisbech · 0.3 mi 39.2 St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School Wisbech · 0.6 mi 35.1 Peckover Primary School Wisbech · 0.8 mi 31.6 Orchards Church of England Academy Wisbech · 1.0 mi 31.8 Leverington Primary Academy Wisbech · 1.6 mi 49.1 Elm CofE Primary School Wisbech · 1.7 mi 43.2 Friday Bridge Community Primary School Wisbech · 3.0 mi 25.8

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

About The Nene Infant & Nursery School

The Nene Infant & Nursery School is a primary school in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 234 pupils aged 2 to 7 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted.

The Nene Infant & Nursery School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 45 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.8%. There are about 17.0 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 40% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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.