Elm CofE Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Wisbech, Cambridgeshire·PE14 0AG
Composite score
43.2
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#9,849
National rank
#1075
In East of England
#114
In Cambridgeshire
Top 66%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
61%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
20 first choices, 21 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
32
any preference, for 21 places
Applications from another council area
22%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9220220.9620230.9520241.0020250.952026

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

Every child who put Elm CofE 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
228
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
31.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
26.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,467
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Elm CofE Primary School at a glance

Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, Elm CofE Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 228 pupils aged 2 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 61% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 14.0 percentage points compared with the previous 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 103 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% 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 Elm CofE Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 21 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 26.1 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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