SCHOOL PROFILE

Chesterton Primary School

Primary Academy sponsor led URN 139556
Open
Pupils 8,834,192 Latest school census
Capacity 210 Published school capacity
Capacity used 82.4% Pupils as a share of capacity
Age range 4 – 11 Statutory age range
OFSTED

Latest ungraded inspection

12 March 2025
Latest published outcome Standards maintained
SCHOOL DETAILS

About this school

School type Academy sponsor led
Phase Primary
Gender Mixed
Religious character —
Local authority Cambridgeshire
Trust THE ACTIVE LEARNING TRUST LIMITED
Census date 15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE

School community

Latest published pupil characteristics for 2025/26.

2025/26
Total pupils 173 173 full-time · 0 part-time
Female pupils 90 52.0% of pupils
Male pupils 83 48.0% of pupils

Free school meals

Pupils eligible for free school meals.

38.7%
13.9 pts above England
School 38.7%
Cambridge 16.1%
East of England 19.7%
England 24.8%

English as an additional language

Pupils whose first language is not English.

33.5%
13.2 pts above England
School 33.5%
Cambridge 23.6%
East of England 16.4%
England 20.3%

Young carers

Pupils recorded as young carers.

0.6%
0.4 pts below England
School 0.6%
Cambridge 0.9%
East of England 1.7%
England 1.0%

Ethnicity

Largest recorded pupil groups.

White British
45.7%
79
Any other White background
20.8%
36
White and Asian
8.7%
15
White and Black African
4.6%
8
Any other Asian background
4.0%
7
African
3.5%
6
Council, regional and national comparisons are pupil-weighted using published school census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS

Special educational needs

Pupils receiving SEN support or with an education, health and care plan.

2025/26
Pupils with SEN 18.5% 32 of 173 pupils
2.3 pts below England England: 20.8%
School 18.5%
Cambridge 18.6%
East of England 19.8%
England 20.8%
SEN support 15.6% 27 pupils
England 14.8% 0.8 pts above
EHC plans 2.9% 5 pupils
England 6.0% 3.1 pts below
PRIMARY NEEDS

Most common identified needs

Pupils
Speech, language & communication 15
Social, emotional & mental health 10
Moderate learning difficulty 3
Autistic spectrum disorder 2
No specialist assessment yet 1
Vision impairment 1

SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published 2025/26 Department for Education school-level data. Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support and pupils with EHC plans.

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

Key stage 2 outcomes

Published Department for Education results for 2024/25.

2024/25
EXPECTED STANDARD

Reading, writing & maths

42.0% 18.4 pts below England
School 42.0%
Cambridge 61.0%
East of England 58.3%
England 60.4%
EXPECTED STANDARD

Reading

62.0%

11.8 pts below England

School 62.0%
Cambridge 76.4%
East of England 72.9%
England 73.8%
EXPECTED STANDARD

Writing

54.0%

16.3 pts below England

School 54.0%
Cambridge 67.1%
East of England 68.0%
England 70.3%
EXPECTED STANDARD

Maths

54.0%

18.0 pts below England

School 54.0%
Cambridge 74.6%
East of England 70.3%
England 72.0%
School results show the percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard. Council, regional and national comparisons are averages of published school-level percentages and are not pupil-weighted official attainment rates.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE

Attendance profile

Published Department for Education absence data for 2024/25. Lower absence rates are generally better.

2024/25
ABSENCE RATE

Overall absence

3.81%

Percentage of possible sessions missed.

2.41 pts lower than England
School 3.81%
Cambridge 5.93%
East of England 6.17%
England 6.22%
ABSENCE RATE

Persistent absence

6.25%

Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.

9.57 pts lower than England
School 6.25%
Cambridge 14.92%
East of England 15.39%
England 15.82%
ABSENCE RATE

Severe absence

0.00%

Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.

1.80 pts lower than England
School 0.00%
Cambridge 2.00%
East of England 1.83%
England 1.80%
Council, regional and national comparisons are averages of published school-level percentages rather than pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

School context

Comparison with open primary schools.

CAPACITY

Capacity utilisation

82.4% 5.8 pts below England
Chesterton Primary School
82.4%
Cambridge
83.7%
East of England
87.4%
England
88.2%
Benchmarks use open schools in the same phase. Capacity utilisation is calculated from published pupil and capacity figures.
Sources: Department for Education · Get Information about Schools · Ofsted monthly management information