Academy converter · Cambridgeshire

Kennett Primary School

2–11Ages
130Pupils
PrimaryPhase
139088URN

Howe Hill Road, Kennett, Newmarket, CB8 7WL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodOct 2014

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Mar 2024

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

3.7per place

1.9 above Cambridgeshire median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

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55 applications for 15 places · 1st of 162 in Cambridgeshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

55%met the expected standard

Cambridgeshire 62% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodOct 2014

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Mar 2024

Inspection history

27 March 2024
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
8 October 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

3.7applications per place, Reception

1.9 above Cambridgeshire median (1.8) 1.5 above England median (2.2)

55 applications · 15 places offered · 16 named it first

2026 3.7; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2025 3.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2024 3.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2023 4.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2022 3.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2021 3.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2020 3.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2019 2.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2018 2.9; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2017 4.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2016 4.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2015 4.9; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2014 3.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9

More applications per place than the Cambridgeshire median in 13 of 13 years.

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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	15	55	3.7	16	1.07
Sep 2025	15	50	3.3	21	1.40
Sep 2024	15	45	3.0	10	0.67
Sep 2023	12	50	4.2	19	1.58
Sep 2022	15	50	3.3	12	0.80
Sep 2021	15	50	3.3	13	0.87
Sep 2020	12	39	3.3	12	1.00
Sep 2019	15	37	2.5	18	1.20
Sep 2018	15	43	2.9	14	0.93
Sep 2017	14	59	4.2	20	1.43
Sep 2016	15	60	4.0	27	1.80
Sep 2015	13	63	4.9	20	1.54
Sep 2014	15	45	3.0	13	0.87

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 91% · Writing 64% · Maths 82% → all three 55% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard55%132nd of 195 in Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire 62% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard91%

Cambridgeshire 78% England 78%

Higher standard73%

Cambridgeshire 34% England 33%

Average scaled score 113 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard64%

Cambridgeshire 70% England 75%

Greater depth18%

Cambridgeshire 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard82%

Cambridgeshire 76% England 77%

Higher standard45%

Cambridgeshire 26% England 24%

Average scaled score 110 (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	55%	18%	113	110
2023/24	43%	7%	102	101
2022/23	67%	17%	106	104

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

Kennett Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Remains Good2024

3.7applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
St Christopher's CEVCP School
2.6 km · Suffolk

Good2022

1.5applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Moulton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
3.1 km · Suffolk

Outstanding2022

1.9applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
The Pines Primary School
3.3 km · Suffolk

Good2022

3.2applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
St Louis Catholic Academy
6.5 km · Suffolk

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.5applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
All Saints Church of England Primary School, Newmarket
6.7 km · Suffolk

Good2022

2.2applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
Cheveley CofE Primary School
6.9 km · Cambridgeshire

Remains Good2023

1.6applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
Fordham CofE Primary School
7.0 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2023

2.1applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
Laureate Community Academy
7.2 km · Suffolk

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.3applications per place 64%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 139088 · 873/2021
Trust: Anglian Learning
Capacity: 210 pupils · 130 on roll
Free school meals: 9.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 December 2012
Replaced: Kennett Community Primary School (URN 110613)
Address: Howe Hill Road, Kennett, Newmarket, CB8 7WL
Local authority: Cambridgeshire · East Cambridgeshire

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