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Peckover Primary School

Primary · Wisbech · PE13 1PJ

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 29 April 2025

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At a glance

433 pupils · 98% of 442 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
25.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
42.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
24.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.peckoverprimary.org/
URN
139466

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 66 families named it first for 59 Reception places, 1.12 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2022 entry went to 1.21 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 7 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. At its inspection on 29 April 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.12 first-choice applications per place

59 places offered · 66 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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. Places by distance, last offered at 1.21 miles for 2022 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2022 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.21 miles

measured in a straight line.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Sibling
1.08 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
45%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
2%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
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 school45%
Median of its 12 closest peers57.5%
Cambridgeshire average60.2%
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
Hare Street Community Primary School and NurseryHarlow · 63 miles awayOutstanding85%
St Michael's VA Junior SchoolNorwich · 45 miles awayGood69%
London Fields Primary SchoolLondon · 79 miles awayGood79%
Whitemoor Academy (Primary and Nursery)Nottingham · 60 miles awayGood49%
Corpus Christi Catholic SchoolCoventry · 71 miles awayGood51%
Compass Primary AcademyKettering · 41 miles awayGood50%
Newtons Primary SchoolRainham · 79 miles awayGood (2019)59%
Haydon Abbey School and Pre-SchoolAylesbury · 72 miles awayRequires improvement58%
Kingsholm Church of England Primary SchoolGloucester · 115 miles awayRequires improvement56%
Watton Junior SchoolThetford · 29 miles awayRequires improvement31%
Lime Tree Primary AcademySale · 114 miles awayGood69%
Fairholme Primary SchoolFeltham · 88 miles awayGood57%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 58% (Cambridgeshire 66%, England 60%) · Any other White background 26% (Cambridgeshire 11%, England 7%) · Black African 4% (Cambridgeshire 3%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Cambridgeshire 3%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 2% (Cambridgeshire 2%, England 4%) · Not recorded 2% (Cambridgeshire 2%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Cambridgeshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Cambridgeshire 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 3%

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)
5.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.61 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Cambridgeshire: 4.55 suspensions and 0.03 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
20.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

95% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

65.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.8 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 £51,708; 13.6% 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 (2024-25)

This school£6,607
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 84% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£153,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher21.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications26.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work25.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways21.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health41.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier63.5%62.3%
Social housing13.7%17.1%
Privately rented22.6%20.5%
Detached houses49.6%22.9%
Flats18.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms25.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van22.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01018093 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£190,000228 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£146,500–£240,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (57)£253,000
Semi-detached (106)£201,000
Terraced (47)£140,000
Flat (18)£82,500

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.95 km, 2022 entry): 673 sales, median £195,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
11an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

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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