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Wickhambrook Primary Academy

Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy

Wickhambrook, Newmarket CB8 8XN · wickhambrookschool.co.uk · 01440 820309

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Sept 2024
Key stage 2, 2024/25
70%
reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Suffolk 59%, England 62%
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
Pupils
180
86% of 210 places
Local authority
Suffolk
Nursery class
No
Free school meals
14.4%
First language not English
2.2%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Unity Schools Partnership

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Reception in September 2026, 19 families put the school first and 19 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 42 (Places 29)42September 2023: 22 (Places 24)22September 2024: 24 (Places 27)24September 2025: 19 (Places 19)19September 2026: 19 (Places 19)19Places 19
ReceptionPlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 202619191100%
September 2025Sept 202519191100%
September 2024Sept 202427240.9100%
September 2023Sept 202324220.9100%
September 2022Sept 202229421.4▲69%

Results

In 2024/25, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 30% the higher standard. Across Suffolk it was 59%, and across England 62%.

Expected standard reading, writing and maths

2019/20 to 2021/22: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1922/2323/2424/252015/16: 92% (England 53%)92%2016/17: 43% (England 61%)43%2017/18: 68% (England 64%)68%2018/19: 70% (England 65%)70%2022/23: 74% (England 60%)74%2023/24: 86% (England 61%)86%2024/25: 70% (England 62%)70%England 62%
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
Reading, writing and maths
▲70%62%
▲30%8%
Average scaled score
●106106
●106105
●103105

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124548)

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Wickhambrook Primary Academy on 24 September 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
24 Sept 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early yearsOutstanding

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Feb 2012

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Feb 2012Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Jun 2007Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Early yearsGood

What parents said

82% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (57 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
82%
Replies
57
32% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▲95% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▲93% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼75% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲87% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well●88% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▲96% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲90% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲95% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●90% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▲86% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲80% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 75% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly●48% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 33% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼63% agreeEngland 67%

based on 16 parents (28%) with SEND

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