Elm Road Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.62 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2018–2026 (miles)
Elm Road Primary School is a primary school in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 10 July 2024. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Elm Road 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 2026 | 0.62 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.523 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.315 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.218 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.531 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.561 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.62 miles away, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 6 years with a published distance.
- Even so, 0.62 miles was the 11th shortest of 62 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 1.74 miles.
- Reception 2026 drew 33 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (9%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 55% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Elm Road, Wisbech, PE13 2TB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 194 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 10 July 2024
Strengths
- “Elm Road is a nurturing and inclusive school.”
- “Pupils come through the gates happily each day.”
- “Pupils are friendly and welcoming.”
To improve
- “A small number of pupils struggle to meet these.”
- “However, in some subjects, the curriculum does not set out precisely what they expect pupils to know by the end of a topic.”
- “This means that teachers’ checks may not always target the most important knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 September 2024 (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) | 55% | 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: 33 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- The Nene Infant & Nursery School 0.2 mi Good
- Ramnoth Junior School 0.2 mi Good
- St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School 0.8 mi Good
- Clarkson Infants School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Peckover Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Orchards Church of England Academy 1.2 mi Not judged
- Elm CofE Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Leverington Primary Academy 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published