Townley Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2018
2.885 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2018
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Townley Primary School is a primary school in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 29 March 2022. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 entry.
Townley Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2018 | 2.885 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2018, the last child offered a place lived 2.885 miles away, the 3rd longest of 7 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published last distance, this one included.
- For Reception 2026, there were 6 first-choice applications for 6 offers, with every first-choice family offered a place; 3 of the 7 applications (43%) came from families living outside Cambridgeshire.
- The school has 15.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 25.1 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Cambridgeshire.
- 2024/25: 38% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Cambridgeshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Cambridgeshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Crown Road, Christchurch, Wisbech, PE14 9NA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 102 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 29 March 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at Townley enjoy coming to school and do not want to leave at the end of Year 6.”
- “They trust in the adults around them.”
- “This helps pupils to learn well.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects this is not the case.”
- “For example, in modern foreign languages lessons are not suitably ambitious.”
- “This is limiting what pupils are able to know and remember.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 May 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 38% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 6 first-preference applications, 6 offers in total, 6 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Cambridgeshire.
- Cavalry Primary School 4.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Beaupre Community Primary School 4.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Manea Community Primary School 4.4 mi Good Last distance published
- All Saints Interchurch Academy 4.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Burrowmoor Primary Academy 4.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Westwood Primary School 5.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Friday Bridge Community Primary School 5.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Thomas Eaton Primary Academy 5.5 mi Good