Wickhambrook Primary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Newmarket, Suffolk·CB8 8XN
Composite score
80.5
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#702
National rank
#62
In East of England
#3
In Suffolk
Top 5%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
70%
% achieving higher RWM
30%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
19 first choices, 19 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
33
any preference, for 19 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.52
1 per place
1.4520220.9220230.8920241.0020251.002026

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

Every child who put Wickhambrook Primary Academy 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
176
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,650
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Wickhambrook Primary Academy at a glance

Located in Newmarket, Suffolk, Wickhambrook Primary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 176 pupils aged 4 to 11. 70% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 16.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 5% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 30% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Wickhambrook Primary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 19 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.5%. There are about 18.1 pupils per teacher. Wickhambrook Primary Academy 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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