Academy sponsor led · Cambridgeshire

Chesterton Primary School

4–11Ages
173Pupils
PrimaryPhase
139556URN

Green End Road, Chesterton, Cambridge, CB4 1RW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodJul 2015

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Mar 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.7per place

close to Cambridgeshire median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Cambridgeshire

40 applications for 24 places · 90th of 162 in Cambridgeshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

42%met the expected standard

Cambridgeshire 62% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodJul 2015

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Mar 2025

Inspection history

12 March 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
9 July 2015
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

1.7applications per place, Reception

close to Cambridgeshire median (1.8) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

40 applications · 24 places offered · 17 named it first

2026 1.7; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2025 2.7; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2024 2.7; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2023 2.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2022 2.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2021 2.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2020 2.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2019 2.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2018 3.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2017 3.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2016 3.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2015 2.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2014 1.9; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9

More applications per place than the Cambridgeshire median in 12 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	24	40	1.7	17	0.71
Sep 2025	30	80	2.7	28	0.93
Sep 2024	18	49	2.7	17	0.94
Sep 2023	29	60	2.1	21	0.72
Sep 2022	27	60	2.2	26	0.96
Sep 2021	23	55	2.4	20	0.87
Sep 2020	29	67	2.3	24	0.83
Sep 2019	30	73	2.4	27	0.90
Sep 2018	21	71	3.4	20	0.95
Sep 2017	29	88	3.0	44	1.52
Sep 2016	30	97	3.2	43	1.43
Sep 2015	30	76	2.5	28	0.93
Sep 2014	28	53	1.9	12	0.43

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 62% · Writing 54% · Maths 54% → all three 42% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard42%170th of 195 in Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire 62% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard62%

Cambridgeshire 78% England 78%

Higher standard23%

Cambridgeshire 34% England 33%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard54%

Cambridgeshire 70% England 75%

Greater depth4%

Cambridgeshire 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard54%

Cambridgeshire 76% England 77%

Higher standard31%

Cambridgeshire 26% England 24%

Average scaled score 102 (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	42%	4%	103	102
2023/24	58%	8%	106	103
2022/23	72%	7%	106	107

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

Chesterton Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

1.7applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
Shirley Community Primary School
0.5 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2024

2.0applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
The Grove Primary School
1.2 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2023

1.7applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Milton Road Primary School
1.3 km · Cambridgeshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.6applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
Kings Hedges Primary School
1.7 km · Cambridgeshire

Standards maintained2024

1.7applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
The Galfrid School
1.8 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2023

1.5applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
Arbury Primary School
1.8 km · Cambridgeshire

Remains Good2023

2.2applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
Fen Ditton Primary School
1.9 km · Cambridgeshire

Remains Good2022

3.6applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
St Matthew's Primary School
2.1 km · Cambridgeshire

Standards maintained2025

1.7applications per place 76%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 139556 · 873/2013
Trust: The Active Learning Trust Limited
Capacity: 210 pupils · 173 on roll
Free school meals: 38.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2013
Address: Green End Road, Chesterton, Cambridge, CB4 1RW
Local authority: Cambridgeshire · Cambridge

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