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Swaffham Bulbeck Church of England Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 77Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 146469URN

84 High Street, Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridge, CB25 0LX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Dec 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.4per place
0.7 above Cambridgeshire median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Cambridgeshire

29 applications for 12 places
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
75%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 5 December 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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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
2.4applications per place, Reception
0.7 above Cambridgeshire median (1.8) 0.2 above England median (2.2)

29 applications · 12 places offered · 11 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  2. 2025 4.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  3. 2024 2.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 3.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 5.7; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  6. 2021 3.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
  7. 2020 6.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 4.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 4.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  10. 2017 5.8; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  11. 2016 4.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  12. 2015 4.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  13. 2014 4.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Cambridgeshire median in 8 of 8 years.
  • This school
  • Cambridgeshire median

Dashed bars: as Swaffham Bulbeck Church of England Primary School (URN 110797), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202612292.4110.92
Sep 20255204.051.00
Sep 202411222.080.73
Sep 202311383.580.73
Sep 20227405.771.00
Sep 202114443.1151.07
Sep 20207426.071.00
Sep 201911444.0111.00
Sep 2018 *13524.0181.38
Sep 2017 *13755.8161.23
Sep 2016 *13574.4161.23
Sep 2015 *13554.2141.08
Sep 2014 *13594.5221.69

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 81% · Writing 75% · Maths 81% → all three 75% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard75%26th of 195 in Cambridgeshire
Reading
Expected standard81%
Higher standard38%
Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard75%
Greater depth19%
Maths
Expected standard81%
Higher standard31%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Cambridgeshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2575%13%108107
2023/2471%7%107106
2022/2363%19%108106

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

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  • Urgent improvement
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Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
146469 · 873/3037
Trust
Grace Schools
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
94 pupils · 77 on roll
Free school meals
16.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 November 2018
Replaced
Swaffham Bulbeck Church of England Primary School (URN 110797)
Address
84 High Street, Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridge, CB25 0LX
Local authority
Cambridgeshire · East Cambridgeshire

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