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Peckover Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Leverington Road, Wisbech PE13 1PJ · peckoverprimary.org · 01945 584741
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Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 45%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cambridgeshire 59%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 1.08 mi
- 1.74 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Criterion F · Cambridgeshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 433
- 98% of 442 places
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 25.2%
- First language not English
- 39.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Criterion F” went to a home 1.08 mi (1.74 km) from the school. Source: Cambridgeshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 66 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 89% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 59 | 66 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 56 | 56 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 64 | 1.1▲ | 94% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 54 | 52 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 58 | 65 | 1.1▲ | 86% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Criterion F | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.08 mi1.74 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 45% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% the higher standard. Across Cambridgeshire it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼45% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Peckover Primary School on 29 April 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 29 Apr 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Nov 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement Nov 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (56 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 56
- 13% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied
based on 19 parents (34%) with SEND