Wittering Primary School

Wittering Primary School is a friendly and inclusive school where pupils settle quickly, feel safe and achieve well. Inspectors found strong provision across education, behaviour, personal development, leadership and early years. The curriculum is broad, balanced and well sequenced, and in most subjects pupils learn and remember key knowledge. Phonics and reading are taught consistently, pupils with SEND and those new to English are identified quickly, and inclusive support helps all pupils access learning.

Strengths

• Broad, balanced and well-sequenced curriculum suited to the school community
• Pupils achieve well in most subjects and take pride in their work
• Consistent phonics teaching with strong reading support and parental engagement
• Pupils' needs are identified quickly, including SEND and English as an additional language
• Inclusive provision through the Rainbow Room and Happy Hub
• Settled behaviour and high attendance
• Strong personal development covering differences, democracy, safety and pupil leadership
• Effective safeguarding arrangements
• Collaborative trust support with regular staff training and attention to wellbeing
• Wide range of trips, visits, sports and enrichment opportunities

Areas for Improvement

• In a few subjects, assessment processes are not yet in place, so teachers and leaders do not check what pupils know and remember or address misconceptions effectively
• In a few subjects, key knowledge and vocabulary are not clearly identified, so pupils are not taught subject-specific detail

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 Wittering Primary School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.1% 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, 0.4% of pupils at Wittering 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 Wittering Primary School had 21.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.6% 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, 14.1% of pupils at Wittering Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.7% 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 Wittering Primary School received £7,928 and spent £8,071 for each of its 258 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £77,000 (£299 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Soke Education Trust, income was £6,611 and spending £6,782 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 Peterborough · Peterborough local authority: places and applications

Wittering Primary School is part of Soke Education Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• John Clare Primary School Peterborough
• Northborough Primary School Peterborough
• Werrington Primary School Peterborough
• Gunthorpe Primary School Peterborough
• Alderman Jacobs School Peterborough

What is Wittering Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wittering Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Wittering Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Wittering Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Wittering Primary School have?

Wittering Primary School has 234 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wittering Primary School cover?

Wittering Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wittering Primary School?

Wittering Primary School is at Church Road, Wittering, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE8 6AF.