Academy sponsor led · Cambridgeshire

The Weatheralls Primary School

3–11Ages
342Pupils
PrimaryPhase
143941URN

Pratt Street, Soham, CB7 5BH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2023 Previous framework

Requires improvement

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

35 applications for 28 places · 149th of 162 in Cambridgeshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

44%met the expected standard

Cambridgeshire 62% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 18 October 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education		Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good
Early years provision	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

1.3applications per place, Reception

0.5 below Cambridgeshire median (1.8) 0.9 below England median (2.2)

35 applications · 28 places offered · 14 named it first

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

More applications per place than the Cambridgeshire median in 0 of 10 years.

This school
Cambridgeshire median

Dashed bars: as The Weatheralls Primary School (URN 110769), 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	28	35	1.3	14	0.50
Sep 2025	38	49	1.3	21	0.55
Sep 2024	37	54	1.5	16	0.43
Sep 2023	37	52	1.4	27	0.73
Sep 2022	46	54	1.2	34	0.74
Sep 2021	45	62	1.4	42	0.93
Sep 2020	66	81	1.2	54	0.82
Sep 2019	75	99	1.3	53	0.71
Sep 2018	46	70	1.5	41	0.89
Sep 2017	76	96	1.3	49	0.64
Sep 2016 *	86	110	1.3	64	0.74
Sep 2015 *	89	121	1.4	67	0.75
Sep 2014 *	72	105	1.5	59	0.82

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 67% · Writing 46% · Maths 69% → all three 44% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard44%166th of 195 in Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire 62% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard67%

Cambridgeshire 78% England 78%

Higher standard19%

Cambridgeshire 34% England 33%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard46%

Cambridgeshire 70% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Cambridgeshire 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard69%

Cambridgeshire 76% England 77%

Higher standard8%

Cambridgeshire 26% England 24%

Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Cambridgeshire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	44%	0%	103	102
2023/24	32%	4%	102	102
2022/23	40%	0%	104	101

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

The Weatheralls Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Requires improvement2023

1.3applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
St Andrew's CofE Primary School
0.9 km · Cambridgeshire

Remains Good2023

1.8applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
The Shade Primary School
1.9 km · Cambridgeshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.9applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
Fordham CofE Primary School
4.7 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2023

2.1applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
Isleham Church of England Primary School
5.1 km · Cambridgeshire

2026

1.7applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
Burwell Village College (Primary)
6.5 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2024

1.6applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
Little Thetford CofE Primary School
6.9 km · Cambridgeshire

2026

2.0applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Stretham Community Primary School
8.1 km · Cambridgeshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.4applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Exning Primary School
8.1 km · Suffolk

2026

2.9applications per place 75%met the SATs standard

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

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School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 143941 · 873/2049
Trust: Anglian Learning
Capacity: 630 pupils · 342 on roll
Free school meals: 30.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 February 2017
Replaced: The Weatheralls Primary School (URN 110769)
Address: Pratt Street, Soham, CB7 5BH
Local authority: Cambridgeshire · East Cambridgeshire

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