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Burrough Green CofE Primary Academy

Primary · Newmarket · CB8 9NH

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Requires improvement

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 10 January 2023

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At a glance

51 pupils · 44% of 117 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
14.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://www.burroughgreen.cambs.sch.uk/
URN
150756

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 11 families named it first for 12 Reception places, 0.92 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2020 entry went to 2.409 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 7 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2015 to 2025. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 10 January 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.92 first-choice applications per place

12 places offered · 11 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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 (2020 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2.409 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

suppressed (small cohort)

Reaching the higher standard

suppressed (small cohort)

Average scaled score (reading)

suppressed (small cohort)

Average scaled score (maths)

suppressed (small cohort)

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 86% (Cambridgeshire 66%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Cambridgeshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other White background 4% (Cambridgeshire 11%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Cambridgeshire 3%, England 3%) · White Gypsy/Roma 2% (Cambridgeshire 1%, England 0%) · White Irish 2% (Cambridgeshire 0%, England 0%)

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)
5.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.70 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

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
9.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,201; 33.3% 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£10,315
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £59,000; in-year balance +£48,000

Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher43.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work43.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier76.6%62.3%
Social housing9.8%17.1%
Privately rented13.6%20.5%
Detached houses49.5%22.9%
Flats1.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms42%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01018011 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£490,00013 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£318,000–£616,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (6)£607,500

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 (3.88 km, 2020 entry): 81 sales, median £505,000. 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

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

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