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Clarkson Infants School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–7 · Community school
Trafford Road, Wisbech PE13 2ES · clarksonschool.co.uk · 01945 584867
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2022
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 187
- 91% of 206 places
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 29.1%
- First language not English
- 26.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 44 families put the school first and 52 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 52 | 44 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 58 | 62 | 1.1▲ | 94% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 54 | 53 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 52 | 49 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 42 | 41 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Clarkson Infants School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 23 February 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 23 Feb 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2016
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Oct 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (10 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 10
- 5% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 60% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied