Walpole Highway Primary School | Primary in Wisbech, King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Ofsted & DfE

71%

RWM expected · 2024/25

14%

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

34%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

71%

RWM expected · 2024/25

14%

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

34%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

71%

RWM expected · 2024/25

14%

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

34%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 18/10/2022

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityNorfolk

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio17.3:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Walpole Highway Primary School · Primary · Norfolk

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

71%

71%41%11%

'17'18'19'23'25

'25 · 71%

RWM higher standard

14%

14%7%0%

'17'18'19'23'25

'25 · 14%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

86%

Reading higher standard

29%

Writing expected standard

71%

Writing higher standard

29%

Maths expected standard

71%

Maths higher standard

14%

Science expected standard

86%

SPAG expected standard

86%

SPAG higher standard

29%

Reading scaled score

107.0

Maths scaled score

105.0

GPS scaled score

106.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

Pupil : teacher ratio

17.3

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

35%

SEN

35%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

34%

Contact

Address

School Road, Walpole Highway, Wisbech, PE14 7QQ

Local authority

Norfolk

Website

www.walpolehighway.norfolk.sch.uk

Telephone

01945880329

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	71%	14%	86%	29%	71%	29%	71%	14%	86%	86%	107.0	105.0	106.0	—	—	—	35%	49
2023/24	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	—	—	—	24%	49
2022/23	11%	0%	56%	22%	11%	0%	33%	0%	56%	44%	103.0	96.0	101.0	+0.00	-5.40	-5.40	25%	48
2018/19	20%	0%	30%	10%	50%	0%	20%	0%	50%	20%	97.0	97.0	96.0	-5.80	-3.70	-7.00	15%	52
2017/18	27%	0%	45%	9%	73%	18%	27%	0%	91%	36%	99.0	96.0	97.0	-4.10	+1.00	-6.20	17%	53
2016/17	17%	0%	67%	17%	17%	0%	67%	0%	83%	17%	104.0	102.0	98.0	+0.30	-11.80	-1.70	14%	43

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	49	19.6	35%	4%	35%	8%	34%
2023/24	49	14.0	24%	6%	35%	10%	33%
2022/23	48	21.3	25%	6%	46%	12%	39%
2021/22	49	13.1	16%	4%	37%	12%	58%
2020/21	53	14.1	17%	2%	28%	—	—
2018/19	52	13.0	15%	0%	42%	5%	12%
2017/18	53	19.4	17%	0%	47%	6%	16%
2016/17	43	15.9	14%	0%	49%	6%	18%