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Wittering Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Church Road, Wittering, Peterborough PE8 6AF · wittering.peterborough.sch.uk · 01780 782336
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 60%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Peterborough 61%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Peterborough Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 234
- 56% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Peterborough
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 22.6%
- First language not English
- 6.4%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Soke Education Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Peterborough Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 27 families put the school first and 27 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 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 33 | 33 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 29 | 27 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 60% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 4% the higher standard. Across Peterborough it was 61%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●60% | 62% | ||
| ▼4% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 110755)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Wittering Primary School 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 education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jun 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding Jan 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
77% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (44 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 77%
- Replies
- 44
- 17% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 61% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (32%) with SEND