Lionel Walden Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
March · PE15 0TF · Cambridgeshire
Ages 4–11
- KS272%
- Absence4.8%
- FSM13.2%
- Demand0.93
1.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 143955
Thomas Eaton Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led · March · PE15 0QS
Ages 2–11 · 126 pupils · Cambridgeshire
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
44%
Overall absence
6.9%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-10-11
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)44%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 100.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 99.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)21.4%
Unauthorised2.3%
- Authorised absence
- 4.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 5.1%
- Enrolments in measure
- 98
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
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
14
Places offered
14
1st-preference offers
14
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 26
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 14
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- 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 fill60%
126 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 126
- Boys / girls
- 70 / 56
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 126 / 210 (60%)
- Free school meals
- 27%
- FSM pupils
- 33
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE DIAMOND LEARNING PARTNERSHIP TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE DIAMOND LEARNING PARTNERSHIP TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Diamond Learning Partnership Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Angela Wood
Location
- Address
- Church Street, Wimblington
- Postcode
- PE15 0QS
- Town
- March
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- District
- Fenland
- Constituency
- North 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 academy sponsor led (primary), Ages 2–11, in March, Cambridgeshire, 126 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 27%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Cavalry Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
March · PE15 9EQ · Cambridgeshire
Ages 3–11
- KS254%
- Absence6.8%
- FSM30.2%
- Demand0.98
2.4 miles away
Burrowmoor Primary Academy
Ofsted: InadequateAcademy converter · Primary
March · PE15 9RP · Cambridgeshire
Ages 2–11
- Absence9.5%
- FSM43.2%
- Demand1.00
2.6 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Angela Wood
- Telephone
- 01354740392