Wheatfields Primary School
Nene Way, St Ives, PE27 3WF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Verney-Davies
- Constituency
- Huntingdon
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 287
- URN
- 131197
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01480466919
About this school
Wheatfields Primary School is a foundation primary school in St Ives. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 287 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
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. 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 | 59 | 54 | 44 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 49% | 44% | 57% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 6% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 67% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 71% | 59% | 64% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 58% | 63% | 66% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.30 | - | - |
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 Wheatfields 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 | Cambridgeshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 49% | 56.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 44% | 55.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 57% | 57.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 329 |
| 2023/24 | 308 |
| 2024/25 | 298 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wheatfields Primary School compares
Wheatfields Primary School ranked 126th of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 83% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 57% | 4.1% | 16.1% | 287 | — |
| Thorndown Primary School | 61% | 4.7% | 17.4% | 478 | 0.6 miles |
| Westfield Junior School | 48% | 4.4% | 23.9% | 234 | 0.6 miles |
| Eastfield Infant and Nursery School | — | 4.4% | 20% | 211 | 0.6 miles |
| Hemingford Grey Primary School | 66% | 4.5% | 9.9% | 244 | 1.6 miles |
| Wyton on the Hill Community Primary School | 39% | 3.7% | 19.2% | 134 | 1.7 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)
- 16.11%
- English as an additional language
- 18.8%
- Overall absence
- 4.06%
- Persistent absence
- 8.46%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Thorndown Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · St Ives
-
Westfield Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · St Ives
-
Eastfield Infant and Nursery School0.6 miles
Primary · St Ives
-
Hemingford Grey Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Huntingdon
-
Wyton on the Hill Community Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Huntingdon
Other schools in St Ives
- Eastfield Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Holywell CofE Primary School Primary
- Thorndown Primary School Primary
- Westfield Junior School Primary
- St Ivo Academy Secondary
- Aurora Fairway School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Wheatfields Primary School teach?
- Wheatfields Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in St Ives.
- Who is the headteacher of Wheatfields Primary School?
- The headteacher of Wheatfields Primary School is Mrs Emma Verney-Davies, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Wheatfields Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wheatfields 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 Wheatfields Primary School?
- Wheatfields Primary School has 287 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Wheatfields Primary School full?
- Wheatfields Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 287 on roll (68%), 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 Wheatfields Primary School a faith school?
- No. Wheatfields Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Wheatfields Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Wheatfields Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Wheatfields Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 49% in 2022/23 and 57% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Wheatfields Primary School rank locally?
- Wheatfields Primary School ranked 126th of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 83% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Wheatfields Primary School's absence rate?
- Wheatfields Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wheatfields Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wheatfields 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 30 June 2026.