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Wittering Primary School

PrimaryAges 4–11Academy

Wittering, PE8 6AF · Peterborough local authority

Wittering’s School Grade A better than 91% of towns in England

Its letter
31%
of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results
Getting in
27/27
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
234 pupils
56% of its 420 places
Free school meals
23%
23 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Wittering Primary School

  • Its own letter, C: Key Stage 2 results better than 31% of England’s primary schools
  • 56% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 6 points below England’s schools
  • Room to spare: 234 pupils for 420 places
  • Ofsted: Inspected, September 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (27 of 27)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (PE8 6) sold for a median £302,500; Wittering’s is £210,000

Results

DfE · Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths 56%

Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 31% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Peterborough avg 60%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 61.6%Wittering Primary 56%

Each subject, 2025

Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 105, maths 105 (100 = the expected standard)

Reading78%
England’s schools 77%
Writing (teacher assessed)69%
England’s schools 73%
Maths80%
England’s schools 75%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling89%
England’s schools 74%
Reached the higher standard in all three4%
England’s schools 8% · Peterborough 7% · 2025

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Wittering Primary School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

27
families put it first for September 2026
27
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Soke Education Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Peterborough council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.27 per place
79% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Wittering Primary
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.98 per place
100% got their first choice
0.89 per place
100% got their first choice
0.88 per place
100% got their first choice

Wittering and Peterborough, side by side

2023–2025

All 54 graded primaries in Peterborough. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Wittering’s schools are coloured by their letter.

35%46%57%68%79%90%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%Pupils eligible for free school meals →KS2 expected standard →Wittering
ABCDElsewhere in PeterboroughWittering Primary
Show as a table
SchoolLetterFree school mealsKS2 expected standard
Barnack CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolA+11%96%
St John's Church SchoolA+32%90%
Winyates Primary SchoolA+48%87%
The King's (The Cathedral) SchoolA14%81%
John Clare Primary SchoolA12%80%
Hampton Hargate Primary SchoolA−18%75%
The Duke of Bedford Primary SchoolA−27%74%
Norwood Primary SchoolA−33%73%
Nene Valley Primary SchoolA−9%72%
Heritage Park Primary SchoolA−12%71%
Oakdale Primary SchoolB+15%69%
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolB14%67%
Newark Hill AcademyB33%66%
Hampton Vale Primary AcademyB18%65%
The Beeches Primary SchoolB−44%64%
All Saints' CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolB−21%63%
Werrington Primary SchoolB−14%63%
Orton Wistow Primary SchoolB−10%63%
Old Fletton Primary SchoolB−40%62%
Fulbridge AcademyB−34%61%
Eye CofE Primary SchoolC+21%60%
Bishop Creighton AcademyC+35%60%
Ormiston Meadows AcademyC+28%60%
Peakirk-Cum-Glinton Cofe Primary AcademyC+15%60%
Leighton Primary and PreschoolC+44%58%
Castor CofE Primary SchoolC12%57%
Paston Ridings Primary SchoolC55%56%
Wittering Primary SchoolC23%56%
Discovery Primary AcademyC40%56%
St Augustine's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Junior SchoolC36%55%
Hampton CollegeC25%55%
Highlees Primary SchoolC54%54%
Welland AcademyC52%54%
Longthorpe Primary AcademyC15%54%
Braybrook Primary AcademyC44%54%
Eyrescroft Primary SchoolC−41%53%
Thorpe Primary AcademyC−33%53%
St Botolph's Church of England Primary SchoolC−18%53%
William Law CofE Primary SchoolC−25%52%
Nova Primary AcademyC−44%52%
Welbourne Primary AcademyC−43%52%
Southfields Primary SchoolC−37%51%
Lime Academy AbbotsmedeC−42%51%
Woodston Primary SchoolC−33%51%
West Town Primary AcademyC−26%50%
Lime Academy WatergallC−45%50%
Stanground St Johns CofE Primary SchoolC−24%49%
Thomas Deacon AcademyD36%47%
Ravensthorpe Primary AcademyD39%47%
Gladstone Primary AcademyD43%45%
Dogsthorpe AcademyD50%44%
Lime Academy ParnwellD66%43%
Gunthorpe Primary SchoolD46%43%
St Thomas More Catholic Primary SchoolD−30%36%

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

258 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
12%England 15.3%
EHC plan
4.7%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
5%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
22.1%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 48%Boys 52%
Its letter

Wittering Primary School’s letter

Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths CBetter than 31% of 15,230 schools
How school letters are worked out

Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.

A+ 95+A 85–94A− 75–84B+ 65–74B 55–64B− 45–54C+ 35–44C 25–34C− 15–24D 5–14D− 0–4

Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection (no overall grade since September 2024), September 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Wittering Primary School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in PE8 6, the school’s postcode sector

Wittering property prices →
£302,500
median sale, 350 sales in 36 months · Wittering £210,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K2010201520202025PE8 6Wittering
PE8 6Wittering

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£435K
Semi-detached
£254K
Terraced
£193K
Flat
£195K
PE8 6Wittering

Homes in PE8 6 sell for well over Wittering’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Wittering, PE8 6AF

Nearby

Primary schools near Wittering Primary School

The nearest state schools of the same phase, as the crow flies. Catchments and admissions rules decide which one a child gets.

Wittering Primary School: common questions

Is Wittering Primary School a good school?

By its published results, below average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 31% of England’s primary schools (its letter is C), with 56% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Inspected, September 2024.

How hard is it to get into Wittering Primary School?

For September 2026, 27 families put Wittering Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 27 places were offered in all.

What is Wittering Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (September 2024).

How much do houses cost near Wittering Primary School?

Homes in its postcode sector, PE8 6, sold for a median £302,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (350 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Wittering’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.