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Upwell Academy

  • 4–11Ages
  • 180Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 144017URN

School Road, Upwell, Wisbech, PE14 9EW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.3per place
0.7 below Norfolk median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Norfolk

34 applications for 26 places · 168th of 180 in Norfolk
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
31%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 6 May 2026Published 15 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsStrong standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 6 May 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 23 November 2021
    Graded inspection: 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
0.7 below Norfolk median (2.0) 0.9 below England median (2.2)

34 applications · 26 places offered · 23 named it first

  1. 2026 1.3; Norfolk median median 2.0
  2. 2025 1.3; Norfolk median median 2.0
  3. 2024 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
  4. 2023 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.7
  5. 2022 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.7
  9. 2018 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.7
  10. 2017 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.6
  11. 2016 1.0; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Norfolk median in 0 of 10 years.
  • This school
  • Norfolk median

Dashed bars: as Upwell Community Primary School (URN 120885), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202626341.3230.88
Sep 202528351.3281.00
Sep 202426371.4331.27
Sep 202330401.3321.07
Sep 202228371.3270.96
Sep 202127381.4260.96
Sep 202027431.6260.96
Sep 201918281.6160.89
Sep 201824361.5230.96
Sep 201723331.4200.87
Sep 2016 *30311.0200.67
Sep 2015 *26331.3160.62
Sep 2014 *22331.5180.82

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 59% · Writing 45% · Maths 41% → all three 31% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard31%247th of 263 in Norfolk
Reading
Expected standard59%
Higher standard7%
Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard45%
Greater depth3%
Maths
Expected standard41%
Higher standard3%
Average scaled score 97 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Norfolk median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2531%0%10197
2023/2442%3%102102
2022/2339%10%10399

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

  • 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
144017 · 926/2154
Trust
Eastern Multi-Academy Trust
Capacity
210 pupils · 180 on roll
Free school meals
22.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 March 2017
Replaced
Upwell Community Primary School (URN 120885)
Address
School Road, Upwell, Wisbech, PE14 9EW
Local authority
Norfolk · King's Lynn and West Norfolk

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