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Newnham Croft Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 221Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 110658URN

Chedworth Street, Cambridge, CB3 9JF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodJun 2014
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jun 2024
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.5per place
0.7 above Cambridgeshire median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Cambridgeshire

75 applications for 30 places · 18th of 162 in Cambridgeshire
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
81%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodJun 2014
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jun 2024

Inspection history

  1. 19 June 2024
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 5 June 2014
    Graded inspection: 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
2.5applications per place, Reception
0.7 above Cambridgeshire median (1.8) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

75 applications · 30 places offered · 38 named it first

  1. 2026 2.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  2. 2025 3.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  3. 2024 2.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 2.8; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.9; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  6. 2021 2.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
  7. 2020 2.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 2.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 2.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 2.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
  11. 2016 2.7; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
  12. 2015 2.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
  13. 2014 3.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
More applications per place than the Cambridgeshire median in 13 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202630752.5381.27
Sep 2025301023.4531.77
Sep 202429662.3321.10
Sep 202330842.8371.23
Sep 202234661.9361.06
Sep 202132662.1290.91
Sep 202034882.6421.24
Sep 201934682.0431.26
Sep 201832722.3300.94
Sep 201733702.1371.12
Sep 201634932.7451.32
Sep 201534742.2341.00
Sep 201431953.1511.65

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 97% · Writing 81% · Maths 94% → all three 81% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard81%11th of 195 in Cambridgeshire
Reading
Expected standard97%
Higher standard65%
Average scaled score 111 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard81%
Greater depth29%
Maths
Expected standard94%
Higher standard32%
Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Cambridgeshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2581%19%111108
2023/2471%24%111107
2022/2374%9%109107

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

  • 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
110658 · 873/2109
Capacity
222 pupils · 221 on roll
Free school meals
6.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Chedworth Street, Cambridge, CB3 9JF
Local authority
Cambridgeshire · Cambridge

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