Elm Road Primary School

Elm Road Primary School is performing well as a good school that offers a nurturing and inclusive environment for its diverse pupil population. The school community is characterized by friendly interactions and high expectations for both achievement and behavior. There is a strong focus on language development, especially in early years and phonics, which contributes to pupils' positive attitudes and high attendance. The school benefits from effective support from The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust, which has helped improve standards in core subjects after previous underperformance in some areas.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate a strong grasp of the school's values such as compassion and determination.
• Teachers effectively check pupils' understanding and adjust their teaching accordingly.
• The curriculum is broad, balanced, and ambitious, supporting strong language development.
• Pupils with SEND are well supported and make good progress.
• There are numerous opportunities for pupils to engage in extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack clarity on expected learning outcomes, hindering effective checks on knowledge.
• Inconsistencies exist in teachers' expectations of pupils' written work across subjects.

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 Elm Road Primary School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

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, 1.0% of pupils at Elm Road Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

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 Elm Road Primary School had 23.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

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, 12.4% of pupils at Elm Road Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

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 Elm Road Primary School received £7,291 and spent £6,745 for each of its 206 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £106,000 (£515 per pupil).

Across all 36 schools of The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust, income was £7,171 and spending £7,108 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

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.

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

Elm Road Primary School is part of The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust, which runs 37 schools. The nearest others:

• The Nene Infant & Nursery School Wisbech
• Ramnoth Junior School Wisbech
• Westwood Primary School March
• Cavalry Primary School March
• Millfield Primary School Ely
• Ramsey Junior School Huntingdon
• Ramsey Spinning Infant School Huntingdon
• Highlees Primary School Peterborough
• Eyrescroft Primary School Peterborough
• The Hyde School London

What is Elm Road Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Elm Road Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Elm Road Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Elm Road Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Elm Road Primary School have?

Elm Road Primary School has 194 pupils on roll.

What age range does Elm Road Primary School cover?

Elm Road Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 55% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Elm Road Primary School?

Elm Road Primary School is at Elm Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 2TB.