Community school · Cambridgeshire

Bassingbourn Primary School

5–11Ages
326Pupils
PrimaryPhase
110602URN

Brook Road, Bassingbourn, Bassingbourn Cp School, Brook Road, Royston, SG8 5NP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2024 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.4per place

0.4 below Cambridgeshire median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Cambridgeshire

54 applications for 40 places · 132nd of 162 in Cambridgeshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

52%met the expected standard

Cambridgeshire 62% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 22 October 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education		Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes		Requires improvement
Personal development		Requires improvement
Leadership and management	Good
Early years provision	Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.4applications per place, Reception

0.4 below Cambridgeshire median (1.8) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

54 applications · 40 places offered · 38 named it first

2026 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2025 1.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2024 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2023 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2022 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2021 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2020 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2019 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2018 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2017 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2016 1.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2015 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2014 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9

More applications per place than the Cambridgeshire median in 0 of 13 years.

This school
Cambridgeshire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	40	54	1.4	38	0.95
Sep 2025	45	56	1.2	42	0.93
Sep 2024	42	57	1.4	39	0.93
Sep 2023	40	58	1.5	40	1.00
Sep 2022	48	63	1.3	46	0.96
Sep 2021	48	62	1.3	45	0.94
Sep 2020	49	72	1.5	50	1.02
Sep 2019	50	74	1.5	52	1.04
Sep 2018	44	62	1.4	43	0.98
Sep 2017	44	63	1.4	41	0.93
Sep 2016	29	45	1.6	28	0.97
Sep 2015	36	48	1.3	34	0.94
Sep 2014	42	58	1.4	42	1.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 66% · Writing 66% · Maths 64% → all three 52% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard52%146th of 195 in Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire 62% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard66%

Cambridgeshire 78% England 78%

Higher standard39%

Cambridgeshire 34% England 33%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard66%

Cambridgeshire 70% England 75%

Greater depth13%

Cambridgeshire 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard64%

Cambridgeshire 76% England 77%

Higher standard25%

Cambridgeshire 26% England 24%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Cambridgeshire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	52%	7%	104	103
2023/24	15%	0%	103	99
2022/23	49%	3%	104	104

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Bassingbourn Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.4applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
Roman Way Academy
3.1 km · Hertfordshire

Good2023

1.9applications per place
Tannery Drift School
3.6 km · Hertfordshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.3applications per place
St Mary Roman Catholic Primary School
3.9 km · Hertfordshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.5applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Icknield Walk First School
4.3 km · Hertfordshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.4applications per place
Steeple Morden CofE VC Primary School
4.5 km · Cambridgeshire

2026

2.1applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Studlands Rise First School
4.6 km · Hertfordshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

3.6applications per place
Guilden Morden CofE Primary Academy
5.2 km · Cambridgeshire

Standards maintained2025

1.6applications per place
Meldreth Primary School
5.3 km · Cambridgeshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.8applications per place 79%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 110602 · 873/2002
Capacity: 420 pupils · 326 on roll
Free school meals: 24.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address: Brook Road, Bassingbourn, Bassingbourn Cp School, Brook Road, Royston, SG8 5NP
Local authority: Cambridgeshire · South Cambridgeshire

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources