The Weatheralls Primary School
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Soham · CB7 5BH · Cambridgeshire
Ages 3–11
- KS232%
- Absence6.5%
- FSM30.1%
- Demand0.57
0.6 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 141552
St Andrew's CofE Primary School
Academy converter · Ely · CB7 5AA
Ages 3–11 · 461 pupils · Cambridgeshire
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
71%
Overall absence
5.5%
Admissions demand
1.33 · Competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-05-16
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)71%
Higher standard (RWM)5%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 107.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.5%
Persistent absence (10%+)13.6%
Unauthorised0.8%
- Authorised absence
- 4.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 361
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
1.33 · Competitive
1st preferences
76
Places offered
57
1st-preference offers
55
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 122
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 57
- Applications from outside LA
- 2
- 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%
461 pupils · 480 places
- Pupils on roll
- 461
- Boys / girls
- 248 / 213
- School capacity
- 480
- Capacity fill
- 461 / 480 (96%)
- Free school meals
- 17.1%
- FSM pupils
- 75
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Ely
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: GRACE SCHOOLS
- Academy trust
- GRACE SCHOOLS
- Sponsor
- Grace Schools
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rebecca Ireland-Curtis
Location
- Address
- Sand Street, Soham
- Postcode
- CB7 5AA
- Town
- Ely
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- District
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire
- Urban/rural
- Urban: 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 academy converter (primary), Ages 3–11, in Ely, Cambridgeshire, 461 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 17.1%. 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.
The Shade Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Ely · CB7 5DE · Cambridgeshire
Ages 2–11
- KS224%
- Absence5.4%
- FSM16.4%
- Demand1.17
1.7 miles away
Fordham CofE Primary School
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Ely · CB7 5NL · Cambridgeshire
Ages 4–11
- KS254%
- Absence5.9%
- FSM12.6%
- Demand0.93
2.6 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rebecca Ireland-Curtis
- Telephone
- 01353720345