Beaupre Community Primary School, Wisbech

Ofsted's report card from its 10 March 2026 inspection grades Beaupre Community Primary School on 7 areas: 6 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have taken appropriate steps to improve attendance and reduce persistent absence."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The curriculum is well designed, coherent and ambitious."

Early years - Expected standard. "Reception children currently learn alongside the pupils in Year 1, making transition seamless."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Staff get to know pupils well."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders and governors know the school's strengths and where it can improve."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Through the curriculum and wider opportunities, leaders have developed an appropriate programme of personal development."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Results in national assessments at the end of key stage 2 declined in 2025 after an improvement in 2024."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to support staff in the early years to identify swiftly any gaps in children's knowledge and understanding so that mistakes and misconceptions are identified and addressed quickly"; "Leaders should continue to forge constructive relationships with parents, carers and local community to secure support and engagement for the school's work"; "Leaders should continue to improve attendance and reduce persistent absence so that all pupils attend school regularly and do not have gaps in the learning as a result of missed minutes and days".

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care, from £4.50 per session.

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils at Beaupre Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 58% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 74% in Cambridgeshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 72% in reading and 66% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 25 families put Beaupre Community Primary School as their first choice and 33 named it as one of their preferences, for 26 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Beaupre Community Primary School are Upwell Academy (1.4 miles, Good, 59% reading, 41% maths); Emneth Academy (2.3 miles, Good, 64% reading, 72% maths); Friday Bridge Community Primary School (3.1 miles, Good, 41% reading, 53% maths); and Elm CofE Primary School (3.3 miles, Good, 68% reading, 74% maths).

Beaupre Community Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

45 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Beaupre Community Primary School (as of April 2026): 67% would recommend the school, 71% say their child is happy there and 31% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (76%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (31%).

34.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 4.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Beaupre Community Primary School.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Crown (opposite), 230 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Beaupre Community Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 4th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 21 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, other theft and anti-social behaviour. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Cambridgeshire (57).

In 2024/25, Beaupre Community Primary School issued 3 suspensions, 2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.