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Spring Meadow Infant School

  • 4–7Ages
  • 143Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 110760URN

High Barns, Ely, CB7 4RB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
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

52 applications for 39 places · 138th of 162 in Cambridgeshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 6 March 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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) 0.9 below England median (2.2)

52 applications · 39 places offered · 39 named it first

  1. 2026 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  2. 2025 1.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  3. 2024 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  6. 2021 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
  11. 2016 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
  12. 2015 1.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
  13. 2014 1.5; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202639521.3391.00
Sep 202529451.6270.93
Sep 202440561.4390.98
Sep 202332431.3300.94
Sep 202236531.5350.97
Sep 202139581.5370.95
Sep 202050731.5501.00
Sep 201966951.4661.00
Sep 201859881.5580.98
Sep 201764911.4610.95
Sep 2016991351.4940.95
Sep 20151191441.21060.89
Sep 20141201811.51221.02

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
110760 · 873/2329
Capacity
180 pupils · 143 on roll
Free school meals
42.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
SEN unit
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
High Barns, Ely, CB7 4RB
Local authority
Cambridgeshire · East Cambridgeshire

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