Graded inspection · Apr 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Cambridgeshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 23 April 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 28 February 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry11 applications · 2 places offered · 2 named it first
- 2026 5.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
- 2025 2.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
- 2024 1.7; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
- 2023 3.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
- 2022 1.8; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
- 2021 3.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
- 2020 2.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
- 2019 2.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
- 2018 1.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
- 2017 1.9; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
- 2016 2.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
- 2015 2.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
- 2014 2.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
- 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 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 14 | 29 | 2.1 | 13 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2024 | 14 | 24 | 1.7 | 10 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2023 | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 12 | 22 | 1.8 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 11 | 34 | 3.1 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 17 | 37 | 2.2 | 15 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2019 | 11 | 25 | 2.3 | 10 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2018 | 13 | 21 | 1.6 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 14 | 26 | 1.9 | 13 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 | 12 | 25 | 2.1 | 9 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2015 | 15 | 32 | 2.1 | 14 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 | 19 | 37 | 2.0 | 18 | 0.95 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 58% · Writing 33% · Maths 42% → all three 25% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Cambridgeshire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 25% | 0% | 103 | 100 |
| 2023/24 | 31% | 13% | 105 | 102 |
| 2022/23 | 60% | 10% | 107 | 105 |
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
- Fowlmere Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20255.5applications per place 25%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · CambridgeshireRemains Good20222.1applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · CambridgeshireGood20222.4applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 3.7 km · Cambridgeshire20261.3applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 4.2 km · CambridgeshireGraded · no overall grade20242.8applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 4.7 km · Cambridgeshire20261.8applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
- 5.1 km · CambridgeshireRemains Good20232.1applications per place
- 5.8 km · CambridgeshireRemains Good20241.4applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 6.2 km · CambridgeshireGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 71%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
- 110607 · 873/2011
- Capacity
- 120 pupils · 73 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 1900
- Address
- The Butts, Fowlmere, Royston, SG8 7SL
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire · South Cambridgeshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources