Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Cambridgeshire·CB21 5JQ
Composite score
68.8
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#1,924
National rank
#203
In East of England
#18
In Cambridgeshire
Top 13%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
70%
% achieving higher RWM
20%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Inadequate
Quality of education
Inadequate
Behaviour and attitudes
Inadequate
Personal development
Inadequate
Leadership and management
Inadequate
Safeguarding effective?
No
Early years provision
Inadequate

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
3 first choices, 3 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
10
any preference, for 3 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Great Wilbraham CofE 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
86
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
8.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
4.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
13.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,224
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy is a primary school serving Cambridgeshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 86 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy 'Inadequate'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 32.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous 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 among the top 13% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 20% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 3 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 3.7%. There are about 13.8 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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