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The Weatheralls Primary School

East Cambridgeshire, CB7 5BHPrimaryAges 3–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Requires Improvement
Oct 2023
KS2 Results
32%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
0.6×
Not oversubscribed
21 1st-choice / 38 places
Ranking
#13,188
of 13,686 nationally

About The Weatheralls Primary School

The Weatheralls Primary School in Soham sits well below the Cambridgeshire local authority average for primary schools on its headline Key Stage 2 measure. While the LA average for pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined is 58%, just 32% of Weatheralls pupils achieved that benchmark in the 2023/24 academic year. That gap of 26 percentage points is significant and places the school 183rd out of 210 primary schools in the county, firmly in the bottom quarter. Its ranking score of 32 puts it in the bottom 50% nationally, and within East Cambridgeshire it ranks 26th out of 27 schools. These are sobering numbers for parents to weigh, though the school does serve a community with above-average disadvantage — 30% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, nearly double the national average.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range3 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressPratt Street, Soham, East Cambridgeshire, CB7 5BH
HeadteacherRuchi Sabharwal
Local AuthorityCambridgeshire
Number of Pupils367
Free School Meals (FSM)30.0%
School Capacity367 / 630 (58% full)
Nursery ClassesYes

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

18 Oct 2023
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Overall Effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of Education
Requires improvement
Behaviour & Attitudes
Good
Personal Development
Good
Leadership & Management
Good
Early Years Provision
Good

Source: Ofsted, 30 Nov 2023. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

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AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguagePhysicalLearning DifficultyMulti-Sensory

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

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Teaching hours

08:45 – 15:15

Source: weatheralls.cambs.sch.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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The Weatheralls Primary School has been rated "Requires Improvement" by Ofsted. This means the school is not yet good, but inspectors believe it can improve with the right support and changes.