Wittering Primary School
Church Road, Wittering, Peterborough, PE8 6AF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SOKE EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Charlotte Blake
- Sponsor
- Soke Education Trust
- Constituency
- North West Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 234
- URN
- 145269
- Local authority
- Peterborough
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01780782336
About this school
Wittering Primary School is a primary academy in Peterborough. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 234 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Wittering Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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 | 50 | 50 | 45 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 64% | 44% | 60% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 0% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 74% | 74% | 78% |
| Expected standard in maths | 76% | 72% | 80% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 78% | 70% | 89% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.20 | - | - |
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 Wittering 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 | Peterborough average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 64% | 52.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 44% | 54.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 60% | 58.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 315 |
| 2023/24 | 282 |
| 2024/25 | 258 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wittering Primary School compares
Wittering Primary School ranked 38th of 58 primary schools in Peterborough for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 60% | 4.4% | 22.1% | 234 | — |
| Barnack CofE (Controlled) Primary School | 95% | 3.7% | 12% | 180 | 2.2 miles |
| The Uffington Church of England Primary School | 64% | 3.4% | 8.9% | 83 | 3.5 miles |
| Stamford St Gilberts Church of England Primary School | 72% | 4.1% | 15.2% | 281 | 3.5 miles |
| Nassington Primary School | — | 4.7% | 17.4% | 62 | 3.8 miles |
| St George's Church of England Aided Primary School | 52% | 5.8% | 42.4% | 144 | 3.9 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)
- 22.09%
- English as an additional language
- 5%
- Overall absence
- 4.36%
- Persistent absence
- 12.08%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Barnack CofE (Controlled) Primary School2.2 miles
Primary · Stamford
-
The Uffington Church of England Primary School3.5 miles
Primary · Stamford
-
Stamford St Gilberts Church of England Primary School3.5 miles
Primary · Stamford
-
Nassington Primary School3.8 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
St George's Church of England Aided Primary School3.9 miles
Primary · Stamford
Other schools in Peterborough
Wittering Primary School ranks 48th of the 78 ranked primary schools in Peterborough.
- Alderman Jacobs School Primary
- All Saints' CofE (Aided) Primary School Primary
- Baston CE Primary School Primary
- Bishop Creighton Academy Primary
- Braybrook Primary Academy Primary
- Brewster Avenue Infant School Primary
- Castor CofE Primary School Primary
- Coates Primary School Primary
- Deeping St James Community Primary School Primary
- Discovery Primary Academy Primary
- Dogsthorpe Academy Primary
- Dogsthorpe Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Wittering Primary School teach?
- Wittering Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Peterborough.
- Who is the headteacher of Wittering Primary School?
- The headteacher of Wittering Primary School is Mrs Charlotte Blake, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Wittering Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wittering 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 many pupils are at Wittering Primary School?
- Wittering Primary School has 234 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Wittering Primary School full?
- Wittering Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 234 on roll (56%), 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 Wittering Primary School a faith school?
- No. Wittering Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Wittering Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Wittering Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Wittering Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Wittering Primary School is part of SOKE EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Wittering Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 64% in 2022/23 and 60% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Wittering Primary School compare with other schools in Peterborough?
- Wittering Primary School ranked 38th of 58 primary schools in Peterborough for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Wittering Primary School's absence rate?
- Wittering Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wittering Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wittering 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 10 July 2026.