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Castle Camps Church of England (Controlled) Primary School

Primary · Cambridge · CB21 4TH

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 24 September 2024

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At a glance

125 pupils · 89% of 140 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
18.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.castlecampsschool.co.uk
URN
110784

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 18 families named it first for 19 Reception places, 0.95 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 2.296 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2016 to 2026. At its inspection on 24 September 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.95 first-choice applications per place

19 places offered · 18 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 2.296 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 2.296 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

19 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
63%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school63%
Median of its 12 closest peers62%
Cambridgeshire average60.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Forton Primary SchoolPreston · 185 miles awayExpected standard75%
Northleach Church of England Primary SchoolCheltenham · 96 miles awayGood27%
Waltham on the Wolds Church of England Primary SchoolMelton Mowbray · 72 miles awayGood57%
Surrey Hills All Saints Primary SchoolDorking · 66 miles awayGood67%
Hurst Green Church of England Primary School and NurseryEtchingham · 72 miles awayNo current grade71%
St Leonard's Church of England Primary AcademySwindon · 97 miles awayGood53%
Yalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolMaidstone · 58 miles awayGood (2019)56%
Bampton Church of England Primary SchoolTiverton · 182 miles awayGood60%
Ninfield Church of England Primary SchoolBattle · 81 miles awayInadequate64%
Newton Regis CofE Primary SchoolTamworth · 93 miles awayNo current grade54%
St John's Stonefold CofE Primary SchoolAccrington · 161 miles awayGood71%
St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolLittlehampton · 96 miles awayGood69%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 93% (Cambridgeshire 66%, England 60%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Cambridgeshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 2% (Cambridgeshire 11%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Cambridgeshire 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Cambridgeshire 2%, England 1%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.81 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Cambridgeshire: 4.55 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 14% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

37.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 4 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,945; 22.2% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,620
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£21,135; in-year balance -£16,626

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher40.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work41.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier75.5%62.3%
Social housing11.9%17.1%
Privately rented12.6%20.5%
Detached houses53.2%22.9%
Flats1.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms39.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01018220 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£451,00022 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£312,500–£597,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (8)£687,500
Semi-detached (9)£447,500
Terraced (5)£250,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (3.69 km, 2026 entry): 249 sales, median £300,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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