Community school · Norfolk

West Walton Community Primary School

4–11Ages
193Pupils
PrimaryPhase
120890URN

School Road, West Walton, Wisbech, PE14 7HA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.5per place

0.5 below Norfolk median (2.0)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Norfolk

45 applications for 30 places · 146th of 180 in Norfolk

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

34%met the expected standard

Norfolk 57% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 29 April 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education		Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes		Requires improvement
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management		Requires improvement
Early years provision	Good

Inspection history

29 April 2025
Graded inspection, no overall grade
8 November 2019
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.5applications per place, Reception

0.5 below Norfolk median (2.0) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

45 applications · 30 places offered · 37 named it first

2026 1.5; Norfolk median median 2.0
2025 1.9; Norfolk median median 2.0
2024 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
2023 2.1; Norfolk median median 1.7
2022 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
2021 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.7
2020 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.7
2019 1.8; Norfolk median median 1.7
2018 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
2017 1.9; Norfolk median median 1.6
2016 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.6
2015 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
2014 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.6

This school
Norfolk median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	30	45	1.5	37	1.23
Sep 2025	29	54	1.9	29	1.00
Sep 2024	30	41	1.4	33	1.10
Sep 2023	29	62	2.1	41	1.41
Sep 2022	28	40	1.4	27	0.96
Sep 2021	30	52	1.7	32	1.07
Sep 2020	30	45	1.5	29	0.97
Sep 2019	30	53	1.8	33	1.10
Sep 2018	21	30	1.4	21	1.00
Sep 2017	30	57	1.9	40	1.33
Sep 2016	28	38	1.4	27	0.96
Sep 2015	26	36	1.4	24	0.92
Sep 2014	30	45	1.5	31	1.03

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 48% · Writing 41% · Maths 41% → all three 34% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard34%237th of 263 in Norfolk

Norfolk 57% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard48%

Norfolk 73% England 78%

Higher standard17%

Norfolk 30% England 33%

Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard41%

Norfolk 68% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Norfolk 7% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard41%

Norfolk 71% England 77%

Higher standard10%

Norfolk 19% England 24%

Average scaled score 100 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Norfolk median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	34%	0%	102	100
2023/24	50%	0%	103	102
2022/23	50%	0%	103	103

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

West Walton Community Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.5applications per place 34%met the SATs standard
Orchards Church of England Academy
2.6 km · Cambridgeshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.2applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
Clarkson Infants School
3.1 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2022

1.3applications per place
St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School
3.1 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2024

54%met the SATs standard
Walpole Highway Primary School
3.6 km · Norfolk

Good2022

3.4applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
Peckover Primary School
3.7 km · Cambridgeshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.6applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
The Nene Infant & Nursery School
4.1 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2022

1.3applications per place
Leverington Primary Academy
4.1 km · Cambridgeshire

Remains Good2024

1.3applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Ramnoth Junior School
4.1 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2022

57%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 120890 · 926/2233
Capacity: 210 pupils · 193 on roll
Free school meals: 19.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address: School Road, West Walton, Wisbech, PE14 7HA
Local authority: Norfolk · King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources