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Voluntary controlled school · Cambridgeshire

Steeple Morden CofE VC Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 141Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 110793URN

7 Hay Street, Steeple Morden, Royston, SG8 0PD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
0.3 above Cambridgeshire median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Cambridgeshire

27 applications for 13 places
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
56%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 21 April 2026Published 9 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected 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

  1. 21 April 2026
    Report card · 4 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
  2. 28 November 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement
  3. 12 May 2022
    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
2.1applications per place, Reception
0.3 above Cambridgeshire median (1.8) close to England median (2.2)

27 applications · 13 places offered · 12 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  2. 2025 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  3. 2024 1.8; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 2.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 2.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  6. 2021 1.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.8; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 1.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.8; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
  11. 2016 1.7; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
  12. 2015 1.7; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
  13. 2014 1.6; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202613272.1120.92
Sep 202521301.4190.90
Sep 202422401.8200.91
Sep 202321442.1211.00
Sep 202220412.1201.00
Sep 202127431.6271.00
Sep 202024441.8200.83
Sep 201924371.5220.92
Sep 201824391.6230.96
Sep 201724421.8241.00
Sep 201628471.7270.96
Sep 201529501.7280.97
Sep 201426411.6261.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 61% · Writing 61% · Maths 67% → all three 56% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard56%127th of 195 in Cambridgeshire
Reading
Expected standard61%
Higher standard28%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard61%
Greater depth11%
Maths
Expected standard67%
Higher standard11%
Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Cambridgeshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2556%0%103101
2023/2450%7%106105
2022/2350%5%104103

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
Voluntary controlled school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
110793 · 873/3029
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
208 pupils · 141 on roll
Free school meals
12.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
7 Hay Street, Steeple Morden, Royston, SG8 0PD
Local authority
Cambridgeshire · South Cambridgeshire

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