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Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy, Cambridge

Primary
Academy sponsor led
Mixed
Church of England
Ages 3–11

Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Cambridge, part of Act Multi Academy Trust. It has a Church of England religious character. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 18th-highest of the 76 schools in Cambridge with published results, and 3,408th of 14,452 across England. It was 76% full in 2025.

SATs results
Above England average
Demand
Every first choice offered
Attendance
Better than England average
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Cambridgeshire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy in detail

Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy in its own words

In its own words: "The following pages will give you lots of information about our school, including more information on our trust, ACT Multi Academy Trust, our local community and our staff."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, rugby, gymnastics, basketball, multi-sports and dance.

Coming up: an open day on Wednesday 18 November 2026 at 10am. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

All school open days in Cambridgeshire

Vision and values (school website)Clubs (school website)Open days on the school's site (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

In 2025, 90% of Year 6 pupils at Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 80% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 74% in Cambridgeshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 88% in reading and 50% in maths in 2024.

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

Getting a place at Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy

For September 2026 entry, 3 families put Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy as their first choice and 10 named it as one of their preferences, for 3 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

Admissions history and your chances at Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy are Bottisham Community Primary School (1.6 miles, Good, 79% reading, 81% maths); Fulbourn Primary School (2.2 miles, Good, 76% reading, 87% maths); Swaffham Bulbeck Church of England Primary School (2.8 miles, Good, 81% reading, 81% maths); and Teversham CofE VA Primary School (3.3 miles, Good, 83% reading, 80% maths).

Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Bottisham Community Primary SchoolFulbourn Primary SchoolSwaffham Bulbeck Church of England Primary SchoolTeversham CofE VA Primary School

The trust

Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy is one of 5 schools run by Act Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

All 5 schools in Act Multi Academy Trust

Who goes there

15.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 3.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 14 pupils (18.2%) received SEN support and 1 (1.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a moderate learning difficulty.

Staffing

Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy had 8 teachers in 2026, one for every 10 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

Getting there

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy.

1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is Angle End (near), 40 metres away.

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy issued 2 suspensions, 2.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Headteacher John Turner
Pupils:77
LA:Cambridgeshire
Phone:01223880408
Address:Church Street, Great Wilbraham, Cambridge, CB21 5JQ
Trust:ACT MULTI ACADEMY TRUST (5 schools)
Admissions:Non-selective
Status:open
Opened:1 September 2023

Ofsted Rating

Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in September 2023. Before that, as Great Wilbraham CofE Primary School (URN 110789), it was rated Inadequate in October 2022.

URN:150022
UKPRN:10092978
Diocese:Diocese of Ely
Constituency:South Cambridgeshire
Urban/Rural:Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city

At a Glance

15.6%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading+2ppMaths+30ppWriting+42pp

Reading has remained stable at around 90% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 50% to 80% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 38% to 80% (2024 to 2025).

Class Sizes

15.4

Avg class size

19.0

KS2

5

Total classes

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools

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Before and after school care

Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school. Source: Free breakfast clubs: schools on the programme, Department for Education Free breakfast clubs in Cambridgeshire

Term dates

Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Cambridgeshire's term dates for its community schools.

Getting There

Bus Stops

Angle End (near)
41m · 1 min walk
Church Street (NW-bound)
404m · 7 min walk
Rectory Farm Road (opp)
647m · 11 min walk
Toft Lane (near)
667m · 11 min walk
High Street (opp 30)
845m · 14 min walk

Free school transport

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.

The typical figure for schools in Cambridgeshire is 5 (the median across 312 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Your chances of a place at Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

76%

Available places

80 pupils

105 places

25 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Cambridge

Low pressure
New homes approved:8,371
Projected new pupils:2,093

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Cambridge

Across Cambridgeshire council

Low demand council-wide0.78 applications per place

Places available

8,107

Applications

6,292

Got 1st preference

94.7%

Got preferred school

99.0%

All primary applications across Cambridgeshire council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Every first choice offered

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

14

SEN Support

1

EHC Plans

19.5%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Moderate Learning Difficulty7
Speech, Language & Communication3
Physical Disability2
Severe Learning Difficulty1
Social, Emotional & Mental Health1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
87.0%
Asian
3.9%
Mixed
3.9%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals15.6%
English as Additional Language3.9%

77

Total Pupils

38

Boys

39

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

8

Teachers

9.6:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£45,555

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£6,898

Per pupil

£600k

Total funding

£17k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£18,887
EAL funding£2,043
Sparsity£55,000
Lump sum£145,041

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

3.5%

Overall absence

8.1%

Persistent absence

74

Enrolments

Authorised3.2%
Unauthorised0.3%
Persistent (10%+)8.1%
Severe (50%+)0.0%

Absence trend

3.7%
23/24
3.5%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Questions parents ask about Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy

What are SATs results like at Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy?

Of the pupils at Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 90% reached the expected standard in reading and 80% did so in maths.

What is Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in September 2023. Before that, as Great Wilbraham CofE Primary School (URN 110789), it was rated Inadequate in October 2022.

What is the catchment area for Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy?

No fixed boundary. When Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy is oversubscribed, Cambridgeshire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

Is it hard to get a place at Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy?

Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy was not full in 2025: it ran at 76% of its 105 places.

How big are the classes at Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy?

Classes at Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy average 15.4 pupils (2025/26).

How many pupils go to Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy?

Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy has around 77 pupils on roll. 16% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy?

3.5% of sessions were missed at Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy in 2024/25. 8.1% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy?

Apply through Cambridgeshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.

Does Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy have a breakfast club or after-school club?

Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school.

How many road collisions happen near Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy?

No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in Cambridgeshire is 5 (the median across 312 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy?

Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy is at Church Street, Great Wilbraham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 5JQ.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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