Welbourne Primary Academy

About Welbourne Primary Academy

Welbourne Primary Academy’s headline KS2 results sit below the Peterborough local authority average, where 59% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. At Welbourne, that figure is 50%, placing the school 39th out of 60 primaries in the area and in the bottom half nationally. This gap is worth noting, but the school’s overall Ofsted rating of Good, confirmed in its most recent inspection in 2023, suggests that inspectors see solid foundations in place. The school has held a Good rating across both its recent inspections, with the previous one in 2014 also grading it Good overall. In 2023, every category inspected — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — was rated Good. So while the raw attainment numbers trail the LA average, the school is not struggling in the ways that would trigger an Ofsted downgrade.

Looking more closely at the 2023/24 KS2 results, the picture is mixed. In writing, 70% of pupils met the expected standard, which is a strong showing and well above the school’s own reading and maths figures. Reading and maths both saw 57% of pupils at the expected level, while just 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects. Average scaled scores were 100 in reading and 101 in maths, both close to the national benchmark of 100. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points. The school ranks 38th out of 53 primaries in Peterborough on the KS2 reading, writing and maths expected measure, and 1169th out of 1612 in the East of England region. That places it firmly in the bottom half regionally, though the writing result is a clear bright spot.

Welbourne Primary Academy is a smaller-than-average school with 193 pupils against a capacity of 215, and it is oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, there were 58 applications for 28 places, with 27 first-preference offers made. That level of demand suggests it is a popular choice locally despite the middling results. The school offers a wide range of facilities including a gymnasium, music rooms, playing fields, an ICT suite, art studios, a library, a sports hall and a chapel. Sports on offer include tennis, dance, swimming, football and cricket, and there are clubs for chess, drama and choir. SEND provision is extensive, covering moderate learning difficulty, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, physical disability, autistic spectrum disorder, other difficulty or disability, and a resourced provision. This makes it a potentially strong fit for families whose children need additional support, particularly given the school’s Good behaviour and attitudes rating.

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