Wyberton Primary Academy

Wyberton Primary Academy is a good school across all key judgements following its first section 5 inspection since becoming an academy. Pupils are happy, safe and well supported in an inclusive, nurturing community, and leaders have high aspirations. The curriculum is ambitious and well sequenced, reading and mathematics are particular strengths, and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are identified and supported well. Behaviour, attendance and personal development are strong, with effective pastoral care, a clear values-led culture and notable enterprise and careers work. Safeguarding is effective, and staff feel well supported by leaders and the trust. The main areas for improvement are in some wider subjects and in early years. In a small number of subjects, pupils do not retain crucial knowledge securely and sometimes recall activities rather than the intended content, which limits how well they build on prior learning. In early years, staff interactions are not consistently high quality, so some children miss opportunities to develop communication and language, including during free choice and imaginative play. The school is part of Infinity Academies Trust and was previously judged outstanding before academy conversion; it received an ungraded section 8 inspection in 2021. Trust support is effective, and leaders are considerate of staff workload and wellbeing.

Strengths

• Inclusive, nurturing environment with high-quality pastoral care
• Pupils feel safe and trust staff to deal with concerns
• High aspirations and commitment to meeting pupils' individual needs
• Ambitious, well-sequenced curriculum with purposeful real-life contexts
• Strong phonics and reading provision with effective support for pupils falling behind
• Pupils with SEND are identified quickly and supported well
• Calm, purposeful learning environments and positive attitudes to learning
• Rigorous attendance systems and good pupil attendance
• Well-established personal development, including enterprise and careers work
• Effective leadership and trust support, with consideration for staff wellbeing
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

Areas for Improvement

• Learning is not revisited as effectively in some wider subjects, so pupils forget important knowledge
• Some pupils remember activities rather than crucial curriculum content, limiting deeper understanding
• Early years staff interactions sometimes miss opportunities to develop children's language skills
• Communication and language development is not consistently strong during free choice and imaginative play

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 Wyberton Primary Academy attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.9% 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, 2.9% of pupils at Wyberton Primary Academy 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 Wyberton Primary Academy had 22.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.2% 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, 18.5% of pupils at Wyberton Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.8% 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 Wyberton Primary Academy received £7,666 and spent £7,066 for each of its 208 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £186,000 (£896 per pupil).

Across all 16 schools of Infinity Academies Trust, income was £7,320 and spending £7,049 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 Boston · Lincolnshire local authority: places and applications

Wyberton Primary Academy is part of Infinity Academies Trust, which runs 20 schools. The nearest others:

• St Thomas CofE Primary Academy Boston
• St Nicholas CE Primary Academy Boston
• Gipsey Bridge Academy Boston
• The Pinchbeck East Church of England Primary Academy Spalding
• Spalding Primary Academy Spalding
• Spilsby Primary School Spilsby
• Bourne Abbey Church of England Primary Academy Bourne
• Bourne Elsea Park Church of England Primary Academy Bourne
• St Helena's Church of England Primary Academy, Willoughby Alford
• Leadenham Church of England Academy Lincoln

What is Wyberton Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wyberton Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in September 2025.

When was Wyberton Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Wyberton Primary Academy was last inspected in September 2025.

How many pupils does Wyberton Primary Academy have?

Wyberton Primary Academy has 211 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wyberton Primary Academy cover?

Wyberton Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Wyberton Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wyberton Primary Academy?

Wyberton Primary Academy is at Saundergate Lane, Wyberton, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 7BZ.