Academy sponsor led · Cambridgeshire

Thongsley Fields Primary and Nursery School

3–11Ages
210Pupils
PrimaryPhase
146310URN

Buttsgrove Way, Huntingdon, PE29 1PE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.6per place

close to Cambridgeshire median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Cambridgeshire

37 applications for 23 places · 96th of 162 in Cambridgeshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

41%met the expected standard

Cambridgeshire 62% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 29 April 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

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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 entry

1.6applications per place, Reception

close to Cambridgeshire median (1.8) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

37 applications · 23 places offered · 23 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

2026 1.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2025 1.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2024 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2023 1.8; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2022 1.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2021 1.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2020 1.7; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2019 1.9; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2018 1.9; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
2017 2.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
2016 1.7; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
2015 1.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
2014 1.9; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Cambridgeshire median in 1 of 8 years.

This school
Cambridgeshire median

Dashed bars: as Thongsley Fields Primary and Nursery School (URN 133699), 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	23	37	1.6	23	1.00
Sep 2025	27	42	1.6	27	1.00
Sep 2024	31	40	1.3	31	1.00
Sep 2023	27	48	1.8	27	1.00
Sep 2022	25	41	1.6	24	0.96
Sep 2021	27	43	1.6	26	0.96
Sep 2020	26	43	1.7	25	0.96
Sep 2019	16	31	1.9	16	1.00
Sep 2018 *	25	48	1.9	25	1.00
Sep 2017 *	28	58	2.1	26	0.93
Sep 2016 *	46	76	1.7	40	0.87
Sep 2015 *	49	60	1.2	26	0.53
Sep 2014 *	28	53	1.9	26	0.93

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 62% · Writing 62% · Maths 59% → all three 41% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard41%172nd of 195 in Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire 62% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard62%

Cambridgeshire 78% England 78%

Higher standard21%

Cambridgeshire 34% England 33%

Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard62%

Cambridgeshire 70% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Cambridgeshire 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard59%

Cambridgeshire 76% England 77%

Higher standard14%

Cambridgeshire 26% England 24%

Average scaled score 100 (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	41%	0%	102	100
2023/24	54%	0%	104	100
2022/23	33%	0%	101	98

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

Thongsley Fields Primary and Nursery SchoolThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.6applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
St John's CofE Primary School
0.5 km · Cambridgeshire

2026

1.3applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
Hartford Junior School
0.7 km · Cambridgeshire

Standards maintained2025

48%met the SATs standard
Hartford Infant and Preschool
0.7 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2023

2.0applications per place
Huntingdon Primary School
0.8 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2024

1.7applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Stukeley Meadows Primary School
1.7 km · Cambridgeshire

Standards maintained2025

1.5applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
Godmanchester Community Academy
2.4 km · Cambridgeshire

Remains Good2023

1.9applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
Cromwell Academy
2.6 km · Cambridgeshire

2026

2.4applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
St Anne's CofE Primary School
3.3 km · Cambridgeshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.4applications per place 70%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
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School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 146310 · 873/2078
Trust: The Cam Academy Trust
Capacity: 420 pupils · 210 on roll
Free school meals: 40.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 September 2018
Replaced: Thongsley Fields Primary and Nursery School (URN 133699)
Address: Buttsgrove Way, Huntingdon, PE29 1PE
Local authority: Cambridgeshire · Huntingdonshire

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