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The Weatheralls Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Pratt Street, Soham CB7 5BH · weatherallsprimary.org · 01353 720456
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 44%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cambridgeshire 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.5
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 342
- 54% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 30.1%
- First language not English
- 20.2%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Anglian Learning
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 14 families put the school first and 28 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 | 28 | 14 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 38 | 21 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 37 | 16 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 37 | 27 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 46 | 34 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 44% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% 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 | |||
| ▼44% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 110769)
Ofsted
The Weatheralls Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 18 October 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 18 Oct 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Oct 2019
Other inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 110769), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Apr 2025Monitoring visitEffective action
- Jan 2025Monitoring visitEffective action
Oct 2019Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2014Good
Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110769)
What parents said
66% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (71 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 66%
- Replies
- 71
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (20%) with SEND