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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 11 July 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
- 22 October 2013Graded inspection: Good · as Gamlingay First School, URN 110609
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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 entry54 applications · 41 places offered · 39 named it first
- 2026 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
- 2025 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
- 2024 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
- 2023 1.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
- 2022 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
- 2021 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
- 2020 1.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
- 2019 1.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
- 2018 1.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
- 2017 1.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
- 2016 1.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 1.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 1.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Cambridgeshire median
Dashed bars: as Gamlingay First School (URN 110609), the previous school.
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 | 41 | 54 | 1.3 | 39 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 57 | 72 | 1.3 | 57 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 37 | 51 | 1.4 | 36 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 47 | 57 | 1.2 | 47 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 51 | 69 | 1.4 | 49 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2021 | 48 | 68 | 1.4 | 51 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2020 | 47 | 53 | 1.1 | 46 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 36 | 37 | 1.0 | 35 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 | 39 | 47 | 1.2 | 39 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 41 | 44 | 1.1 | 41 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 45 | 47 | 1.0 | 41 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2015 * | 34 | 38 | 1.1 | 33 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2014 * | 37 | 42 | 1.1 | 37 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 66% · Writing 60% · Maths 57% → all three 45% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Cambridgeshire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 45% | 0% | 103 | 101 |
| 2023/24 | 53% | 3% | 105 | 101 |
| 2022/23 | 51% | 5% | 107 | 102 |
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
- Gamlingay Village PrimaryThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20241.3applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
- 3.4 km · Central BedfordshireGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
- 3.7 km · Central BedfordshireGood20243.4applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 4.8 km · CambridgeshireStandards maintained20252.3applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 5.0 km · Central Bedfordshire20253.9applications per place
- 5.1 km · Central BedfordshireGood20231.6applications per place
- 7.3 km · Central BedfordshireGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 7.3 km · Central BedfordshireRemains Good20222.9applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
- 7.4 km · Central BedfordshireRemains Good20231.9applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 142638 · 873/2014
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 387 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2016
- Replaced
- Gamlingay First School (URN 110609)
- Address
- Station Road, Sandy, SG19 3HD
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire · South Cambridgeshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources