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Abbots Ripton CofE Primary School

Primary · Huntingdon · PE28 2LT

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 13 June 2024

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At a glance

103 pupils · 87% of 119 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
8.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.abbotsripton.cambs.sch.uk/website
URN
110850

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 25 families named it first for 17 Reception places, 1.47 first choices per place. We hold 9 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2017 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 13 June 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.47 first-choice applications per place

17 places offered · 25 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Faith
2.409 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
94%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
31%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
112
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
113
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 school94%
Median of its 12 closest peers71%
Cambridgeshire average60.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
Billesdon Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester · 35 miles awayGood44%
Abberley Parochial VC Primary SchoolAbberley · 92 miles awayGood71%
Winthorpe Primary SchoolNewark · 55 miles awayGood67%
Moresby Primary SchoolWhitehaven · 204 miles awayGood80%
Everton Primary SchoolDoncaster · 78 miles awayGood69%
Bolton-On-Swale St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolRichmond · 150 miles awayGood87%
Askwith Primary SchoolOtley · 125 miles awayOutstanding94%
Rufford CofE SchoolOrmskirk · 139 miles awayGood79%
Bickerton Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolMalpas · 116 miles awayGood44%
St Peter's Brafferton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolYork · 129 miles awayRequires improvement67%
East Harptree Church of England Primary SchoolBristol · 128 miles awayGood71%
Abbotskerswell Primary SchoolNewton Abbot · 196 miles awayGood71%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 84% (Cambridgeshire 66%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Cambridgeshire 3%, England 3%) · Any other White background 3% (Cambridgeshire 11%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Cambridgeshire 2%, England 2%) · Black African 2% (Cambridgeshire 3%, England 5%) · White Irish 2% (Cambridgeshire 0%, England 0%) · Asian Indian 1% (Cambridgeshire 2%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 1% (Cambridgeshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Cambridgeshire 2%, England 2%)

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)
4.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
23.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

73% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 17% moved to another state school · 10% left the state-funded sector

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)

12.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 2 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 £48,120; 28.6% 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£7,318
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £12,316; in-year balance -£26,841

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher41.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications6.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work49.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways5.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health57.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier48.6%62.3%
Social housing9.6%17.1%
Privately rented41.9%20.5%
Detached houses23.7%22.9%
Flats1.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms22.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van3.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01018206 · how to read area figures

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
2a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
2a 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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