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Hatton Park Primary School

Primary · Cambridge · CB24 3DL

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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 26 January 2024

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At a glance

380 pupils · 90% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
10.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
20.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.hattonpark.org
URN
138993

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 45 families named it first for 52 Reception places, 0.87 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 0.718 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 10 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2015 to 2025. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 26 January 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.87 first-choice applications per place

52 places offered · 45 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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2025 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2025 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.718 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
68%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
15%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
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 school68%
Median of its 12 closest peers76.5%
Cambridgeshire average60.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Cranborne Primary SchoolPotters Bar · 42 miles awayGood87%
Seaton Primary SchoolSeaton · 172 miles awayGood76%
Ravensdale Primary SchoolCoventry · 64 miles awayGood64%
Bierton Church of England Combined SchoolAylesbury · 47 miles awayNo current grade74%
St John's CofE Primary SchoolCroydon · 63 miles awayStrong standard81%
Farley Hill Primary SchoolArborfield Green · 75 miles awayGood (2016)83%
St Bartholomews's Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 59 miles awayGood80%
Arunside School, HorshamHorsham · 86 miles awayGood75%
The Croft Primary SchoolSwindon · 93 miles awayOutstanding80%
Alban City SchoolSt Albans · 40 miles awayGood77%
Floreat Montague Park Primary School and NurseryWokingham · 71 miles awayGood64%
Manadon Vale Primary SchoolPlymouth · 222 miles awayNo current grade74%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 66% (Cambridgeshire 66%, England 60%) · Any other White background 10% (Cambridgeshire 11%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Cambridgeshire 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Cambridgeshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Cambridgeshire 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 3% (Cambridgeshire 2%, England 4%) · Not recorded 3% (Cambridgeshire 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Cambridgeshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Cambridgeshire 2%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Cambridgeshire 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Cambridgeshire 1%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Cambridgeshire 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 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)
4.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

5.78 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
18.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

81% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 14% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

51.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.5 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 £48,025; 7.7% 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 (2024-25)

This school£5,282
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 82% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 5% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £434,000; in-year balance +£264,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher40.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work42.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier66.2%62.3%
Social housing21.3%17.1%
Privately rented12.4%20.5%
Detached houses25%22.9%
Flats4.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms17.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01035557 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£386,000190 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£286,500–£496,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (86)£521,000
Semi-detached (46)£347,500
Terraced (33)£310,000
Flat (25)£247,500

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.16 km, 2024 entry): 254 sales, median £355,500. 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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