OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
8 February 2022
Latest published outcome
Good
OEIF
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour & attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership & management
Good
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Free schools
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
—
Local authority
Cambridgeshire
Trust
MERIDIAN TRUST
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
415
415 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
199
48.0% of pupils
Male pupils
216
52.0% of pupils
2.4 pts
above England
School
27.2%
Cambridge
16.1%
East of England
19.7%
England
24.8%
35.4 pts
above England
School
55.7%
Cambridge
23.6%
East of England
16.4%
England
20.3%
0.8 pts
below England
School
0.2%
Cambridge
0.9%
East of England
1.7%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
17.1%
71
Any other Mixed background
14.0%
58
Any other Asian background
4.3%
18
White and Black African
3.9%
16
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
17.4%
72 of
415 pupils
3.5 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
13.0%
54 pupils
England
14.8%
1.8 pts
below
EHC plans
4.3%
18 pupils
England
6.0%
1.7 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Speech, language & communication
31
Autistic spectrum disorder
13
Social, emotional & mental health
9
No specialist assessment yet
6
Specific learning difficulty
6
Moderate learning difficulty
4
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.
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
3.85%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
2.36 pts
lower than
England
School
3.85%
Cambridge
5.93%
East of England
6.17%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
9.02%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
6.80 pts
lower than
England
School
9.02%
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
65.9%
22.3 pts
below England
Trumpington Park Primary School
65.9%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.