Community school · Cambridgeshire

Over Primary School

4–11Ages
196Pupils
PrimaryPhase
110616URN

Long Furlong, Over, Cambridge, CB24 5PG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.6per place

close to Cambridgeshire median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Cambridgeshire

27 applications for 17 places · 101st of 162 in Cambridgeshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

21%met the expected standard

Cambridgeshire 62% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 19 March 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management		Requires improvement
Early years provision	Good

Inspection history

19 March 2024
Graded inspection: Requires improvement
29 March 2023
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

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

1.6applications per place, Reception

close to Cambridgeshire median (1.8) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

27 applications · 17 places offered · 17 named it first

2026 1.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2025 1.9; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2024 1.7; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2023 1.8; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2022 1.7; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2021 1.8; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2020 2.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2019 1.7; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2018 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2017 2.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2016 1.8; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2015 1.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2014 1.9; 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	17	27	1.6	17	1.00
Sep 2025	30	58	1.9	29	0.97
Sep 2024	30	52	1.7	30	1.00
Sep 2023	29	53	1.8	32	1.10
Sep 2022	30	51	1.7	33	1.10
Sep 2021	26	47	1.8	26	1.00
Sep 2020	29	61	2.1	32	1.10
Sep 2019	27	45	1.7	27	1.00
Sep 2018	29	42	1.5	29	1.00
Sep 2017	19	42	2.2	19	1.00
Sep 2016	39	69	1.8	38	0.97
Sep 2015	40	63	1.6	38	0.95
Sep 2014	40	76	1.9	46	1.15

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 73% · Writing 27% · Maths 61% → all three 21% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard21%194th of 195 in Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire 62% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard73%

Cambridgeshire 78% England 78%

Higher standard18%

Cambridgeshire 34% England 33%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard27%

Cambridgeshire 70% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Cambridgeshire 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard61%

Cambridgeshire 76% England 77%

Higher standard15%

Cambridgeshire 26% England 24%

Average scaled score 102 (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	21%	0%	103	102
2023/24	31%	0%	104	101
2022/23	48%	7%	106	102

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

Over Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Requires improvement2024

1.6applications per place 21%met the SATs standard
Swavesey Primary School
2.4 km · Cambridgeshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.8applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Willingham Primary School
2.8 km · Cambridgeshire

Remains Good2023

1.3applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
Holywell CofE Primary School
3.7 km · Cambridgeshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.9applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Pathfinder CofE Primary School
4.0 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2024

2.0applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
Hatton Park Primary School
4.2 km · Cambridgeshire

Remains Good · improving2024

1.6applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
Fen Drayton Primary School
4.5 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2024

3.3applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
Earith Primary School
4.7 km · Cambridgeshire

2026

1.9applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
St Helen's Primary School
4.9 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2022

1.7applications per place 55%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: 110616 · 873/2031
Capacity: 250 pupils · 196 on roll
Free school meals: 14.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address: Long Furlong, Over, Cambridge, CB24 5PG
Local authority: Cambridgeshire · South Cambridgeshire

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