Murrow Primary Academy, Wisbech

Ofsted's report card from its 30 June 2026 inspection grades Murrow Primary Academy on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "A variety of factors, including the small numbers of pupils, means that the published outcomes do not fully reflect the true achievement of pupils."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Over the last few years, pupil attendance, including persistent absence, has broadly been close to national averages."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Over the last 2 years, and after a dip in achievement, leaders effectively overhauled the school curriculum."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children get off to a successful start in the Reception Year."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders work closely with pupils and their families."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have acted quickly to stabilise the school during a period of staffing turbulence."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "A well-designed personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) curriculum ensures pupils learn about a range of important topics."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure staff use assessment consistently well to spot gaps in pupils' understanding and to help pupils to achieve well"; "Leaders should ensure middle leaders have the necessary capacity and training to evaluate and refine their new curriculum and leadership areas"; "Leaders should further embed their strategies to support all pupils to attend well".

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am, from £5 per session.

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils at Murrow Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 73% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 74% in Cambridgeshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 55% in reading and 45% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 15 families put Murrow Primary Academy as their first choice and 22 named it as one of their preferences, for 15 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Murrow Primary Academy are Alderman Payne Primary School (1.3 miles, Good, 75% reading, 94% maths); Guyhirn CofE VC Primary School (2.4 miles, Good, 93% reading, 93% maths); Wisbech St Mary CofE Academy (2.9 miles, Good, 90% reading, 86% maths); and The Gedney Hill Church of England VC Primary School (3.8 miles, Requires improvement, 22% reading, 33% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Murrow Primary Academy.

Murrow Primary Academy is one of 15 schools run by The Diamond Learning Partnership Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 55% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

1.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 19 pupils (18.4%) received SEN support and 3 (2.9%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

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

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Mill Close (near), 210 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 1 crime within a mile of the school, most often other theft. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Cambridgeshire (57).

In 2024/25, Murrow Primary Academy issued 1 suspension, 0.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.