Walpole Highway Primary School
School Road, Walpole Highway, Wisbech, PE14 7QQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Executive Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Hunt
- Federation
- The Windmill Primary Federation
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 54
- Pupils on roll
- 39
- URN
- 120887
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01945880329
About this school
Walpole Highway Primary School is a community primary school in Wisbech. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 39 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 11% | - | 71% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | - | 14% |
| Expected standard in reading | 56% | - | 86% |
| Expected standard in maths | 33% | - | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 44% | - | 86% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | - | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 96.0 | - | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -5.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Walpole Highway Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Norfolk average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11% | 49.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | — | 49.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 71% | 52.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 48 |
| 2023/24 | 49 |
| 2024/25 | 49 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Walpole Highway Primary School compares
Walpole Highway Primary School ranked 44th of 266 primary schools in Norfolk for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 68% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 19% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 71% | 7.7% | 34.7% | 39 | — |
| Terrington St John Primary School | 33% | 8.4% | 30.5% | 50 | 1.3 miles |
| Tilney St Lawrence Community Primary School | 29% | 7.9% | 28.7% | 76 | 1.9 miles |
| West Walton Community Primary School | 34% | 8.7% | 23.1% | 193 | 2.2 miles |
| Anthony Curton CofE Primary School | 67% | 5% | 14.7% | 191 | 2.4 miles |
| Marshland St James Primary and Nursery School | 77% | 8.2% | 33.7% | 106 | 2.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 34.69%
- English as an additional language
- 4.1%
- Overall absence
- 7.67%
- Persistent absence
- 34.04%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Terrington St John Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Wisbech
-
Tilney St Lawrence Community Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · King's Lynn
-
West Walton Community Primary School2.2 miles
Primary · Wisbech
-
Anthony Curton CofE Primary School2.4 miles
Primary · Wisbech
-
Marshland St James Primary and Nursery School2.6 miles
Primary · Wisbech
Other schools in Wisbech
Walpole Highway Primary School ranks 5th of the 24 ranked primary schools in Wisbech.
- Alderman Payne Primary School Primary
- Anthony Curton CofE Primary School Primary
- Beaupre Community Primary School Primary
- Clarkson Infants School Primary
- Elm CofE Primary School Primary
- Elm Road Primary School Primary
- Emneth Academy Primary
- Friday Bridge Community Primary School Primary
- Gorefield Primary Academy Primary
- Guyhirn CofE VC Primary School Primary
- Kinderley Primary School Primary
- Leverington Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Walpole Highway Primary School teach?
- Walpole Highway Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Wisbech.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Walpole Highway Primary School?
- The executive headteacher of Walpole Highway Primary School is Mrs Emma Hunt, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Walpole Highway Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Walpole Highway Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Walpole Highway Primary School?
- Walpole Highway Primary School has 39 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Walpole Highway Primary School full?
- Walpole Highway Primary School has capacity for 54 pupils and 39 on roll (72%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Walpole Highway Primary School a faith school?
- No. Walpole Highway Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Walpole Highway Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Walpole Highway Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Walpole Highway Primary School?
- Walpole Highway Primary School is part of the The Windmill Primary Federation federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Walpole Highway Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 11% in 2022/23 and 71% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Walpole Highway Primary School rank locally?
- Walpole Highway Primary School ranked 44th of 266 primary schools in Norfolk for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 68% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 19% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Walpole Highway Primary School's absence rate?
- Walpole Highway Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Walpole Highway Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Walpole Highway Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 8 July 2026.