Clarkson Infants School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C65
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Wisbech, PE13 2ES
- Distance
- 1.0km away
Orchards Church of England Academy
Cherry Road, Wisbech, PE13 3NP
Local ranking191st of 210 primary schools in Cambridgeshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 19 November 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 49.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 59.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 58.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 59.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 52.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 101.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 102.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 101.0
- Cohort Size
- 54
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 401
- Boys
- 201 (50%)
- Girls
- 200 (50%)
- Capacity
- 420 (95% full)
- SEND
- 27.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 53.9%
- EAL
- 52.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.7%
- SEN Support
- 22.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 22.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,144/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 46.3%
- White Other: 32.1%
- Mixed Other: 9.9%
- Black African: 6.3%
- Gypsy/Roma: 1.3%
- Asian Other: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.0%
- Asian Indian: 1.0%
46.3%
White British
32.1%
White Other
9.9%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Cherry Road
Wisbech, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 143836
- UKPRN
- 10062015
- Establishment No.
- 2044
- Trust
- GRACE SCHOOLS
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