West Row Academy
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Bury St. Edmunds · IP28 8NY · Suffolk
Ages 4–11
- KS263%
- Absence5.1%
- FSM18.8%
- Demand0.89
2.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Expected standardURN 110791
Isleham Church of England Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Ely · CB7 5RZ
Ages 4–11 · 201 pupils · Cambridgeshire
Ofsted
Expected standard
KS2 expected (RWM)
68%
Overall absence
6.1%
Admissions demand
1.17 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Expected standard
Inspection date
2026-05-19
- AchievementExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Safeguarding standards: Met
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)68%
Higher standard (RWM)13%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 107.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)14.1%
Unauthorised1.1%
- Authorised absence
- 5.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 185
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.17 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
35
Places offered
30
1st-preference offers
30
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 64
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 30
- Applications from outside LA
- 5
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill96%
201 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 201
- Boys / girls
- 106 / 95
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 201 / 210 (96%)
- Free school meals
- 11.4%
- FSM pupils
- 23
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Ely
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
- Headteacher
- Mr Matthew Brough
Location
- Address
- Malting Lane, Isleham
- Postcode
- CB7 5RZ
- Town
- Ely
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- District
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Ely, Cambridgeshire, 201 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 11.4%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Ely.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Fordham CofE Primary School
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Ely · CB7 5NL · Cambridgeshire
Ages 4–11
- KS254%
- Absence5.9%
- FSM12.6%
- Demand0.93
2.1 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Matthew Brough
- Telephone
- 01638780336