Peckover Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 433 pupils Wisbech
Ofsted: Good
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Peckover Primary School is an academy converter in Wisbech for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 433 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Peckover Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2025. In 2025, 45% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: May 2025. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Leverington Road
Wisbech
Cambridgeshire
PE13 1PJ
Phone 01945584741
Reference Number 139466

General Makeup

Number of pupils 433
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.65%
Girls: 50.35%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 25.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 42.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26.8
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26.2
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 33 22 55
2 24 29 53
3 25 30 55
4 28 28 56
5 22 35 57
6 28 31 59

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 57.5%
White, Other 26.3%
African 3.9%
Mixed, Other 2.8%
Indian 2.5%
Unclassified 1.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.9%
White & Black (African) 0.5%
Caribbean 0.5%
Pakistani 0.5%
White & Asian 0.2%
Irish 0.2%
Asian, Other 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Early Years Provision Outstanding
Last Report Date 29 Apr 2025
Date Report
29 Apr 2025 School inspection
05 Nov 2019 School inspection
17 Mar 2016 Short inspection
27 Nov 2014 Monitoring visit
04 Apr 2013 Academy conversion letter
17 Nov 2011 Full inspection:
Previously as Peckover Primary School
13 Nov 2008 Full inspection:
07 Feb 2005 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 45%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 2%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 105
Maths 103

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -0.3
Writing -1.6
Maths 0.5

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 18 0
Third Preference 10 0
From another Local Authority 4 2

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Peckover Primary School had 401 pupils for 420 places. 19 places (4.5%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Wisbech Town 1 Primary” planning area

Cambridgeshire counted 275 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 270 in 2029–30, down 2%.

201320142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 420420420420420420420420420420420420
Pupils 344354354349350360356389392404409401
Unfilled 18.1%15.7%15.7%16.9%16.7%14.3%15.2%7.4%6.7%3.8%2.6%4.5%

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Peckover Primary School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.7%2.3%2.5%2.5%2.5%2.3%2.5%4.6%4.8%3.7%3.7%
Unauthorised absence 1.7%1.6%1.2%1.3%0.9%0.9%0.7%1.1%1.6%1.6%0.9%
Severely absent pupils 0.3%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.0%0.8%0.6%

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.3% of pupils at Peckover Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 6.13.15.19.16.11.91.21.21.83.83.53.6
Permanent exclusions 000000000000

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Peckover Primary School had 20.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 14.913.510.89.810.310.711.811.912.07.99.610.111.3
Teachers who left state teaching 15.4%12.3%16.1%4.9%0.0%0.0%4.4%13.8%2.0%3.4%8.8%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 58.8%50.0%27.3%40.9%65.0%45.5%–30.4%55.2%66.7%69.6%65.2%–
Sick days per teacher 5.710.30.41.11.81.6–0.83.04.12.44.5–

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 21.7% of pupils at Peckover Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Moderate learning difficulty 30 1
Social, emotional and mental health 25 3
Speech, language and communication needs 22 2
Autistic spectrum disorder 4 13
Other difficulty or disability 5 2
Vision impairment 0 4
Down's syndrome 2 0
Hearing impairment 2 0
Physical disability 2 0
Multi-sensory impairment 1 0
Specific learning difficulty 1 0

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Peckover Primary School received £7,053 and spent £7,961 for each of its 438 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £170,000 (-£388 per pupil).

Across all 12 schools of The Brooke Weston Trust, income was £8,182 and spending £8,461 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £201,000£239,000£282,000£329,000£78,000£34,000-£170,000
per pupil £550£617£653£768£176£76-£388
In-year balance -£141,000£47,000£54,000£158,000-£126,000-£227,000-£397,000
per pupil -£384£122£125£368-£285-£500-£907

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

Name Distance
Orchards Church of England Academy
Cherry Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 3NP
0.69 miles
Leverington Primary Academy
104 Church Road, Leverington, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 5DE
0.8 miles
The Nene Infant & Nursery School
Norwich Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 2AP
0.81 miles
Clarkson Infants School
Trafford Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 2ES
0.89 miles
St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School
Trafford Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 2ES
0.91 miles
Elm Road Primary School
Elm Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 2TB
0.94 miles
Ramnoth Junior School
Ramnoth Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 2JB
0.96 miles
West Walton Community Primary School
School Road, West Walton, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE14 7HA
2.28 miles
Elm CofE Primary School
Main Road, Elm, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE14 0AG
2.49 miles
Gorefield Primary Academy
69 High Road, Gorefield, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 4NB
2.51 miles
Wisbech St Mary CofE Academy
Church Road, Wisbech St Mary, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 4RJ
2.79 miles
Emneth Nursery School
Hollycroft Road, Wisbech, PE14 8AY
3.25 miles
Emneth Academy
Hollycroft Road, Emneth, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE14 8AY
3.37 miles
Friday Bridge Community Primary School
Maltmas Drove, Friday Bridge, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE14 0HW
3.57 miles
Kinderley Primary School
Church Lane, Tydd St Giles, Church Lane, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 5LG
3.94 miles
Marshland St James Primary and Nursery School
School Road, Marshland St James, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE14 8EY
4.23 miles
Walpole Highway Primary School
School Road, Walpole Highway, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE14 7QQ
4.25 miles
Name Distance
Wisbech Grammar School
Wisbech Grammar School, Cambridgeshire, PE13 1RH
0.49 miles
Cambian Wisbech School
Old Sessions House, 32 Somers Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 1JF
0.5 miles
On Track Education Wisbech
Enterprise House, Oldfield Lane, Cambridgeshire, Wisbech, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 2RJ
0.81 miles
The Wisbech Academy
Weasenham Lane, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 2RU
1.19 miles
Walnut Tree School Ltd
Barra Farm, Gadds Lane, Leverington, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 5BL
1.22 miles
Thomas Clarkson Academy
Corporation Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 2SE
1.24 miles
Meadowgate Academy
Meadowgate Lane, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 2JH
1.38 miles
Marshland High School
School Road, West Walton, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE14 7HA
2.22 miles
Begdale House School
Begdale Road, Elm, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE14 0AZ
2.5 miles
Shelldene House School
Shelldene House, 20 Main Road, Friday Bridge, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE14 0HJ
3.41 miles
The Old School House
1 March Road, Friday Bridge, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE14 0HA
3.53 miles
Cambian Home Tree School
172 March Road, Friday Bridge, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE14 0LP
3.85 miles

All schools in Wisbech · Cambridgeshire local authority: places and applications

Peckover Primary School is part of The Brooke Weston Trust, which runs 12 schools. The nearest others:

What is Peckover Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Peckover Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Peckover Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Peckover Primary School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Peckover Primary School have?

Peckover Primary School has 433 pupils on roll.

What age range does Peckover Primary School cover?

Peckover Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Peckover Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 45% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Peckover Primary School?

Peckover Primary School is at Leverington Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 1PJ.

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