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Hungerford Primary Academy

Primary · Crewe · CW1 5HA

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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 4 March 2025

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At a glance

373 pupils · 59% of 630 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
26.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
24.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.hungerfordacademy.org
URN
146382

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 32 families named it first for 32 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2014 entry went to 0.789 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 10 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2012 to 2026. At its inspection on 4 March 2025 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 6.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

32 places offered · 32 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 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2014 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.789 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
55%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
5%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
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 school55%
Median of its 12 closest peers62%
Cheshire East average64.6%
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
St Catherine's Hoddesdon CofE Primary SchoolHoddesdon · 137 miles awayGood30%
Houldsworth Valley Primary AcademyNewmarket · 132 miles awayGood65%
Montbelle Primary SchoolLondon · 156 miles awayGood65%
Somerset Bridge Primary SchoolBridgwater · 139 miles awayGood73%
Wintringham Primary AcademySt. Neots · 109 miles awayGood59%
St Paul's Church of England VC Junior SchoolShepton Mallet · 132 miles awayGood56%
The Jenny Hammond Primary SchoolLondon · 148 miles awayGood83%
Russells Hall Primary SchoolDudley · 43 miles awayGood41%
Eastover Primary SchoolBridgwater · 138 miles awayGood67%
Castleton Primary SchoolRochdale · 36 miles awayExpected standard55%
Lavender Primary SchoolEnfield · 140 miles awayNo current grade65%
St Jude's CofE Primary SchoolPortsmouth · 169 miles awayGood53%

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
7 of 7 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 69% (Cheshire East 79%, England 60%) · Any other White background 8% (Cheshire East 5%, England 7%) · Black African 7% (Cheshire East 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Cheshire East 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Cheshire East 1%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 2% (Cheshire East 0%, England 0%) · Asian Indian 1% (Cheshire East 2%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Cheshire East 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Cheshire East 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Cheshire East 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 3%

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)
6.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
18.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.53 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Cheshire East: 1.28 suspensions and 0.00 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
20.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

95% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% 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)

42.1% 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 £42,125; 13.3% 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£6,402
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 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 5% (9%) · educational supplies 1% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £114,000; in-year balance +£186,000

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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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher22.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications23.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work22.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways22.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health40.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier68.5%62.3%
Social housing8%17.1%
Privately rented23.5%20.5%
Detached houses5.9%22.9%
Flats10.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms9%21.1%
Households with no car or van26.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01018501 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£180,000355 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£140,000–£240,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (76)£319,000
Semi-detached (197)£180,000
Terraced (77)£125,000
Flat (5)£87,500

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.27 km, 2014 entry): 484 sales, median £175,000. 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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
21an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an urban school averages 6.1

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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