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The Nene Infant & Nursery School

  • 2–7Ages
  • 217Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 140174URN

Norwich Road, Wisbech, PE13 2AP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.3per place
0.5 below Cambridgeshire median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Cambridgeshire

64 applications for 50 places · 146th of 162 in Cambridgeshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 27 September 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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
1.3applications per place, Reception
0.5 below Cambridgeshire median (1.8) 0.9 below England median (2.2)

64 applications · 50 places offered · 45 named it first

  1. 2026 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  2. 2025 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  3. 2024 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  6. 2021 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.7; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
  11. 2016 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
  12. 2015 1.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
  13. 2014 1.9; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
More applications per place than the Cambridgeshire median in 1 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Cambridgeshire 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202650641.3450.90
Sep 202566891.4650.98
Sep 202467971.5650.97
Sep 202350791.6501.00
Sep 202271961.4640.90
Sep 202161801.3590.97
Sep 202076881.2550.72
Sep 201969941.4610.88
Sep 2018801141.4710.89
Sep 2017601011.7510.85
Sep 2016741071.5550.74
Sep 201556921.6500.89
Sep 2014571081.9550.96

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  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
140174 · 873/2022
Trust
The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust
Capacity
270 pupils · 217 on roll
Free school meals
42.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 October 2013
Replaced
The Nene Infant School (URN 110651)
Address
Norwich Road, Wisbech, PE13 2AP
Local authority
Cambridgeshire · Fenland

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