Community school · Cambridgeshire

Melbourn Primary School

4–11Ages
357Pupils
PrimaryPhase
110614URN

Mortlock Street, Melbourn, Royston, SG8 6DB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.3per place

0.4 below Cambridgeshire median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Cambridgeshire

59 applications for 44 places · 135th of 162 in Cambridgeshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

62%met the expected standard

Cambridgeshire 62% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 20 January 2026Published 15 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Expected standard
Inclusion		Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching		Expected standard
Achievement		Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour		Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing		Expected standard
Early years		Expected standard
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance		Expected standard

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

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

20 January 2026
Report card · 7 Expected standard
23 September 2021
Ungraded inspection: School remains 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

1.3applications per place, Reception

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

59 applications · 44 places offered · 43 named it first

2026 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2025 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2024 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2023 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2022 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2021 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2020 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2019 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2018 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2017 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2016 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2015 1.5; 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	44	59	1.3	43	0.98
Sep 2025	53	68	1.3	45	0.85
Sep 2024	56	74	1.3	44	0.79
Sep 2023	53	79	1.5	53	1.00
Sep 2022	60	83	1.4	65	1.08
Sep 2021	49	66	1.4	44	0.90
Sep 2020	59	78	1.3	51	0.86
Sep 2019	54	74	1.4	50	0.93
Sep 2018	51	73	1.4	52	1.02
Sep 2017	56	79	1.4	57	1.02
Sep 2016	53	74	1.4	53	1.00
Sep 2015	45	67	1.5	47	1.04
Sep 2014	40	55	1.4	38	0.95

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 79% · Writing 69% · Maths 72% → all three 62% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard62%94th of 195 in Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire 62% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard79%

Cambridgeshire 78% England 78%

Higher standard40%

Cambridgeshire 34% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard69%

Cambridgeshire 70% England 75%

Greater depth3%

Cambridgeshire 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard72%

Cambridgeshire 76% England 77%

Higher standard24%

Cambridgeshire 26% England 24%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

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Cambridgeshire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	62%	3%	106	104
2023/24	63%	5%	106	106
2022/23	60%	0%	108	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

Melbourn Primary SchoolThis school
This school

2026

1.3applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
Meldreth Primary School
1.4 km · Cambridgeshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.8applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
Fowlmere Primary School
3.7 km · Cambridgeshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

5.5applications per place 25%met the SATs standard
Roman Way Academy
3.9 km · Hertfordshire

Good2023

1.9applications per place
Icknield Walk First School
4.1 km · Hertfordshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.4applications per place
St Mary Roman Catholic Primary School
4.4 km · Hertfordshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.5applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Foxton Primary School
4.5 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2022

2.4applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Studlands Rise First School
4.7 km · Hertfordshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

3.6applications per place
Tannery Drift School
4.9 km · Hertfordshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.3applications per place

School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 110614 · 873/2028
Capacity: 420 pupils · 357 on roll
Free school meals: 21.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address: Mortlock Street, Melbourn, Royston, SG8 6DB
Local authority: Cambridgeshire · South Cambridgeshire

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