Academy converter · Suffolk

Wickhambrook Primary Academy

4–11Ages
180Pupils
PrimaryPhase
142995URN

Wickhambrook, Newmarket, CB8 8XN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2024 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

1.7per place

close to Suffolk median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Suffolk

33 applications for 19 places · 85th of 165 in Suffolk

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

70%met the expected standard

Suffolk 60% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 24 September 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management	Outstanding
Early years provision	Outstanding

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

1.7applications per place, Reception

close to Suffolk median (1.8) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

33 applications · 19 places offered · 19 named it first

2026 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.8
2025 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.8
2024 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.8
2023 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
2022 2.2; Suffolk median median 1.8
2021 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.9
2020 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.7
2019 1.2; Suffolk median median 1.8
2018 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
2017 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.8
2016 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
2015 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
2014 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Suffolk median in 1 of 10 years.

This school
Suffolk median

Dashed bars: as Wickhambrook Community Primary School (URN 124548), the previous school.

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	19	33	1.7	19	1.00
Sep 2025	19	32	1.7	19	1.00
Sep 2024	27	45	1.7	24	0.89
Sep 2023	24	35	1.5	22	0.92
Sep 2022	29	63	2.2	42	1.45
Sep 2021	28	40	1.4	26	0.93
Sep 2020	25	35	1.4	23	0.92
Sep 2019	27	33	1.2	27	1.00
Sep 2018	23	34	1.5	20	0.87
Sep 2017	25	32	1.3	25	1.00
Sep 2016 *	21	31	1.5	21	1.00
Sep 2015 *	20	30	1.5	25	1.25
Sep 2014 *	20	28	1.4	22	1.10

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 70% · Writing 75% · Maths 75% → all three 70% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard70%62nd of 223 in Suffolk

Suffolk 60% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard70%

Suffolk 76% England 78%

Higher standard40%

Suffolk 32% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard75%

Suffolk 73% England 75%

Greater depth40%

Suffolk 11% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard75%

Suffolk 73% England 77%

Higher standard50%

Suffolk 21% England 24%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

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Suffolk median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	70%	30%	106	106
2023/24	86%	10%	109	107
2022/23	74%	9%	105	104

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

Wickhambrook Primary AcademyThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.7applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
Hundon Community Primary School
6.4 km · Suffolk

Standards maintained2025

2.9applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
Thurlow Voluntary Controlled Primary School
7.9 km · Suffolk

Good2023

1.8applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Cheveley CofE Primary School
8.7 km · Cambridgeshire

Remains Good2023

1.6applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
Barrow Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
9.0 km · Suffolk

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.0applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Hartest Church of England Primary School
9.1 km · Suffolk

Good2024

7.5applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Kedington Primary Academy
9.2 km · Suffolk

Remains Good · improving2024

1.8applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
Clare Community Primary School
9.8 km · Suffolk

Standards maintained2025

1.4applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
Ickworth Park Primary School
10.4 km · Suffolk

Good2024

2.8applications per place

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 142995 · 935/2030
Trust: Unity Schools Partnership
Capacity: 210 pupils · 180 on roll
Free school meals: 14.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 July 2016
Replaced: Wickhambrook Community Primary School (URN 124548)
Address: Wickhambrook, Newmarket, CB8 8XN
Local authority: Suffolk · West Suffolk

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