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Leverington Primary Academy

Primary · ages 4-11MixedAcademy190 pupilsWisbechCambridgeshire
School Chooser Score
47
In line with
similar schools
Likely range 24 to 71
Out of 100. Better than 79% of the 50 schools most like it. Much the same over the last five years.
OfstedGoodConfirmed by Ofsted, April 2024
Reached the expected level at 1163%England 63%
Attendance93.0%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families34%A bit more than most schools
Places20 spare190 pupils, 210 places
Pupils per teacher25.5School workforce census

Leverington Primary Academy is a converter academy in Wisbech for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 190 pupils and room for 210. About 34 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit more than at most schools. We give it 47 out of 100. That puts it in line with schools like it, ahead of 79% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2024.

104 Church Road, Leverington, Wisbech, PE13 5DE01945 584915leveringtonprimary.co.ukMiss Aimee Garner headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

A shorter visit on 17 April 2024 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

30 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England.

Reached the expected level at 1163%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level7%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score106.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score105.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 57%57%20172018: 62%62%20182019: 50%50%20192023: 67%67%20232024: 57%57%20242025: 63%63%2025
Since 2017: +6%Steady overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017CambridgeshireEngland
Pupils tested303027302930
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths63%57%67%50%62%57%60%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths7%3%4%3%10%7%8%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score106.0104.0106.0101.0102.0102.0106.0105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score105.0105.0104.0102.0104.0102.0104.6104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score105.0104.0106.0105.0107.0105.0105.2105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard83%77%81%60%62%63%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard77%83%74%60%69%70%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)70%77%74%87%86%90%
Reading progressReading progress score+2.6-1.6-0.6-1.2
Maths progressMaths progress score+1.5-1.3+2.5-1.3
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged38%56%45%13%40%38%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged82%57%81%64%74%71%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. 1 of the 3 gaps is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
38%82%
Gap 44 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
69%59%
Gap 10 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
8%7%
Gap 1 ptsEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

A few spare places198 pupils for 210 places, 2024/25
94% full

About 12 places were empty, so most families who apply get in, though a popular year group can still fill up. Pupil numbers have fallen by 4% since 2021/22, so places are getting easier to find.

Will my child get a place?

The last child to get a place lived 2.6 miles away in 2022, 2.5 miles away in 2019, 13.7 miles away in 2018. Those cut-offs are for children living outside the catchment area; every child inside it got a place. Brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups are placed first. Type in your postcode to see how far away you are.

We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.

How places were given out for September 2022. Every child in the catchment area who applied got a place. Outside the catchment, the last place went to a child living 2.6 miles away.

EntryPlacesGot a placeHow far the last child livedSource
2022 Primary30302.6 miles (distance, outside the catchment area)LA
2019 Primary30302.5 milesLA
2018 Primary303013.7 milesLA

The distances are the council's own, usually measured in a straight line from home to the school gate. If the distance is getting shorter each year, the school is getting harder to get into. See which councils we have this data for.

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll190Census January 2026
Places21090% full
Pupils from low-income families34%34% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English5%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support30%57 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan2%4 pupils with a plan
Average class size27.17 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils29%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)34%£103,850 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls97 / 93
White British pupils88%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 22.3 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 30.8 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Moderate learning difficulty (16), emotional and mental health (15), Other difficulty or disability (11), language and communications needs (10), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (6), Autistic spectrum disorder (2).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll190199204204210207
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals34%36%34%32%26%30%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language5%5%5%5%6%3%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support13%7%6%3%6%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans3%3%4%4%3%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 93.0% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance93.0%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school18.1%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils16.12024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission2.2%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence7.0%5.4%5.5%7.2%6.7%4.1%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence4.8%3.9%4.2%5.8%6.0%2.9%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence2.2%1.5%1.2%1.4%0.8%1.2%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence18.1%16.3%12.2%23.8%23.8%6.5%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate16.19.33.90.50.0
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00000

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers7.5full-time equivalent, 8 people
Pupils per teacher25.5Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants12.6full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£48,643
Teachers who left in the year36%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher11.62024/25

Money

From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£6,668England £7,128. Total £1.3m
Income per pupil£7,040England £7,587. Total £1.4m
Spent on teachers per pupil£2,467England £3,405
Money in reserve8%A healthy amount put by: £115k, £576 per pupil. England 9%
Money in against money out+£74kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£6,668spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m2312 months to June 2026, mostly anti-social behaviour
Local crime rate56 per 1,000 people39% lower than the England average
Typical house price£235,000Fenland

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Peckover Primary SchoolAcademy0.8 miles433No overall grade 202529Compare
Orchards Church of England AcademyAcademy1.2 miles384No overall grade 20247Compare
The Nene Infant & Nursery SchoolAcademy1.6 miles217Good 202242Compare
Clarkson Infants SchoolCouncil1.7 miles187Good 202229Compare
St Peter's CofE Aided Junior SchoolAcademy1.7 miles225Good 202416Compare
Elm Road Primary SchoolAcademy1.7 miles194Good 202428Compare
Gorefield Primary AcademyAcademy1.7 miles95Good 202210Compare
Ramnoth Junior SchoolAcademy1.8 miles340Good 202226Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Leverington Primary Academy with the 48 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 48 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats79%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the top quarter of its group. Its score of 47 is 18 points above the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 0 · middle 29 · highest 100100

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 47 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 47% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 24 to 71. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%in line
-0.07
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 30 pupils
Ofsted inspection20%in line
+0.01
Ofsted grade, 2.4 years old
Progress pupils make20%in line
+0.04
DfE progress measure; 30 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%in line
+0.02
results and attendance falling year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%below
-0.09
2024/25; 182 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%above
+0.04
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 30 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is Leverington Primary Academy a good school?

It is about average. Leverington Primary Academy scores 47 out of 100. That is in line with schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 79% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 24 to 71, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.

What is Leverington Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Leverington Primary Academy good at its last full inspection on 17 April 2024.

How good are Leverington Primary Academy's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 63% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 7% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Leverington Primary Academy have?

190 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 210 places, so it is 90% full.

Is Leverington Primary Academy oversubscribed, and how far away can you live?

Yes. For September 2022 the last place went to a child living 2.6 miles away. Children in care, brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups come before distance, so the cut-off moves every year.

What is attendance like at Leverington Primary Academy?

Pupils were in school 93.0% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 18% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Leverington Primary Academy?

The average class had 27.1 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 29% of classes had more than 30 pupils.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
104 Church Road, Leverington, Wisbech, PE13 5DE
Telephone
01945 584915
Website
www.leveringtonprimary.co.uk
Headteacher
Miss Aimee Garner
Type of school
Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Multi-academy trust
The Diamond Learning Partnership Trust (15 schools)
Local authority
Cambridgeshire
Ward
Leverington & Wisbech Rural
Constituency
North East Cambridgeshire
Setting
Urban: Further from a major town or city
Opened
1 April 2011 (academy converter)
URN
136670 · LAESTAB 8732072 · UKPRN 10033385
Formerly
Leverington Community Primary School

Where these figures come from