Warboys Primary Academy

About Warboys Primary Academy

Warboys Primary Academy is a state primary school in Huntingdonshire that received 35 first-preference applications for its 44 places in the 2025/26 admissions round, making it just oversubscribed with a ratio of 1.02 applications per place. This suggests that while the school is a solid local choice, it is not under intense pressure from demand. ParentView data is not available in the school's records, so there is no direct survey feedback on how current families rate their experience. The school is led by headteacher Stuart Mallott and serves 318 pupils against a capacity of 390, meaning there is some room for growth. With 24.5 per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a community with above-average economic disadvantage compared to the national primary average. The school's most recent Ofsted inspection in May 2024 rated it as Requires Improvement overall, a downgrade from its previous Good rating in 2017, though leadership and management and personal development were both graded Good.

Academically, Warboys Primary Academy's Key Stage 2 results for the 2023/24 academic year show that 49 per cent of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. This is below the Cambridgeshire local authority average of 58 per cent, placing the school 148th out of 210 primary schools in the county. In the narrower Huntingdonshire ranking, it sits 41st out of 55 schools, putting it in the bottom half locally. Looking at individual subjects, 69 per cent of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, 64 per cent in maths, and 51 per cent in writing. Higher-attaining pupils are less common here: 21 per cent achieved a higher standard in reading, 15 per cent in maths, and none in writing. Average scaled scores were 103 in reading and 102 in maths. No progress scores are available for the school, so it is not possible to compare how much value the school adds relative to pupils' starting points.

The school offers a range of facilities including a sports hall, gymnasium, dining hall, ICT suite, music rooms, and a sensory room, as well as a chapel. Sports on offer include athletics, tennis, cricket, dance and cross country, and there are clubs such as Eco Club, Gardening, Book Club and Science Club. For pupils with additional needs, the school has identified provisions for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. Warboys is not a boarding school, has no nursery provision, and does not have a sixth form. Given its Requires Improvement rating and below-average KS2 outcomes, this school may suit families who value its broad facilities and SEND support, and who are comfortable with a school that is actively working to improve following its most recent inspection.

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