Academy sponsor led · Cambridgeshire

Downham Feoffees Primary Academy

4–11Ages
150Pupils
PrimaryPhase
144947URN

Main Street, Little Downham, Ely, CB6 2ST · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.2per place

0.5 below Cambridgeshire median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Cambridgeshire

27 applications for 22 places · 152nd of 162 in Cambridgeshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

61%met the expected standard

Cambridgeshire 62% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 30 June 2026Published 7 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Expected standard
Inclusion		Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching		Expected standard
Achievement		Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour		Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing		Expected standard
Early years		Expected standard
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance		Expected 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

30 June 2026
Report card · 7 Expected standard
22 February 2022
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

1.2applications per place, Reception

0.5 below Cambridgeshire median (1.8) 1.0 below England median (2.2)

27 applications · 22 places offered · 21 named it first

2026 1.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2025 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2024 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2023 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2022 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2021 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2020 1.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2019 1.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2018 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2017 1.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
2016 1.8; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
2015 1.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
2014 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Cambridgeshire median in 0 of 9 years.

This school
Cambridgeshire median

Dashed bars: as Downham Feoffees Primary School (URN 110799), 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	22	27	1.2	21	0.95
Sep 2025	20	29	1.5	20	1.00
Sep 2024	15	22	1.5	15	1.00
Sep 2023	25	38	1.5	25	1.00
Sep 2022	18	24	1.3	18	1.00
Sep 2021	22	28	1.3	22	1.00
Sep 2020	26	30	1.2	26	1.00
Sep 2019	25	25	1.0	24	0.96
Sep 2018	21	27	1.3	19	0.90
Sep 2017 *	30	48	1.6	34	1.13
Sep 2016 *	30	53	1.8	33	1.10
Sep 2015 *	30	47	1.6	33	1.10
Sep 2014 *	29	40	1.4	24	0.83

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 61% · Writing 78% · Maths 83% → all three 61% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard61%99th of 195 in Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire 62% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard61%

Cambridgeshire 78% England 78%

Higher standard22%

Cambridgeshire 34% England 33%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard78%

Cambridgeshire 70% England 75%

Greater depth17%

Cambridgeshire 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard83%

Cambridgeshire 76% England 77%

Higher standard22%

Cambridgeshire 26% England 24%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Cambridgeshire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	61%	11%	103	104
2023/24	57%	4%	103	103
2022/23	47%	0%	107	105

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

Downham Feoffees Primary AcademyThis school
This school

2026

1.2applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
Isle of Ely Primary School
3.0 km · Cambridgeshire

Remains Good2023

2.1applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
Lantern Community Primary School
3.2 km · Cambridgeshire

Remains Good2022

2.2applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
Ely St Mary's CofE Junior School
3.8 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2023

61%met the SATs standard
Spring Meadow Infant School
3.8 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2024

1.3applications per place
Millfield Primary School
4.1 km · Cambridgeshire

Remains Good2024

1.5applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
Ely St John's Community Primary School
4.2 km · Cambridgeshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.2applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
Littleport Community Primary School
4.4 km · Cambridgeshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.4applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
The Rackham Church of England Primary School and Pre-School
5.8 km · Cambridgeshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.3applications per place 38%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 144947 · 873/2052
Trust: Meridian Trust
Capacity: 210 pupils · 150 on roll
Free school meals: 14.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2017
Replaced: Downham Feoffees Primary School (URN 110799)
Address: Main Street, Little Downham, Ely, CB6 2ST
Local authority: Cambridgeshire · East Cambridgeshire

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources