West Walton Community Primary SchoolOrchards Church of England Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Wisbech.

Summary of the comparison

West Walton Community Primary School and Orchards Church of England Academy are primary schools in Wisbech.

  • West Walton Community Primary School scores 32 out of 100 (grade F, weak) and Orchards Church of England Academy scores 35 out of 100 (grade F, weak). Orchards Church of England Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • West Walton Community Primary School was judged in need of attention and Orchards Church of England Academy was judged the expected standard.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 34.0% for West Walton Community Primary School and 49.0% for Orchards Church of England Academy.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at West Walton Community Primary School (50.0% in 2022-23, 34.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Orchards Church of England Academy (26.0% in 2022-23, 49.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

West Walton Community Primary School versus Orchards Church of England Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure WisbechWest Walton Community Primary SchoolWisbechOrchards Church of England AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreF32/100F35/100Stronger figure
Local ranking268th of 333 in Norfolk 191st of 210 in Cambridgeshire
InspectionOfsted: Requires improvementOfsted: GoodStronger figure
School typeCommunity school Academy sponsor led
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 2-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll208 401
Capacity210 420
LocationWisbech, PE14 7HA Wisbech, PE13 3NP
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard34.0% 49.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score102.0 Stronger figure101.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score100.0 102.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census208 401
Free school meals (ever 6)23.1% 53.9%
English as an additional language2.9% 52.1%
SEN support20.7% 22.2%
SEN with an EHC plan4.3% 5.7%
Attendance
Overall absence8.7% 8.6% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence25.3% Stronger figure25.8% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

West Walton Community Primary School

Orchards Church of England Academy

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