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Eileen Wade Primary School

Primary · Huntingdon · PE28 0ND

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 2 December 2025 · report published 22 January 2026

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At a glance

70 pupils · 100% of 70 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Foundation school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
14.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.ewmeschools.org.uk
URN
109443

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 5 families named it first for 6 Reception places, 0.83 first choices per place. We hold 2 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2025 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 2 December 2025, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.83 first-choice applications per place

6 places offered · 5 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

10 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
60%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
20%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school60%
Median of its 12 closest peers68.5%
Bedford average55.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Llangrove CE AcademyRoss-on-Wye · 99 miles awayExpected standard64%
Calthwaite CofE SchoolPenrith · 196 miles awayNo current grade57%
Broad Hinton Church of England Primary SchoolSwindon · 81 miles awayGood86%
Leafield Church of England Primary SchoolWitney · 56 miles awayNo current grade86%
Ivegill CofE SchoolCarlisle · 199 miles awayGood77%
East Allington Primary SchoolTotnes · 196 miles awayGood60%
St Mary's Broughton Gifford Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary SchoolMelksham · 97 miles awayGood86%
Plumbland CofE SchoolWigton · 206 miles awayNeeds attention67%
Warmington SchoolPeterborough · 15 miles awayGood44%
Danehill Church of England Primary SchoolHaywards Heath · 90 miles awayGood55%
Cheriton Primary SchoolAlresford · 91 miles awayGood70%
Rodmarton Primary SchoolCirencester · 81 miles awayExpected standard70%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 91% (Bedford 46%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black African 4% (Bedford 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Bedford 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Bedford 4%, England 2%) · Any other White background 1% (Bedford 11%, England 7%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

8.57 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Bedford: 2.01 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
16.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

20% of teachers took sickness absence, 3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,084; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£9,352
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 85% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £41,574; in-year balance -£80,211

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher46.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work49.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways6%18.1%
Residents in very good health52%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier83.1%62.3%
Social housing5%17.1%
Privately rented11.9%20.5%
Detached houses71.9%22.9%
Flats1.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms49.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van3.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01017540 · how to read area figures

Roads around the school

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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