OFSTED
Latest inspection
24 February 2026
Latest published outcome
Met
Renewed framework
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum & teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance & behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development
Expected standard
Leadership & governance
Expected standard
INSPECTION HISTORY
Previous Ofsted activity
18 November 2021
Graded inspection
Good
Published
16 January 2022
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Local authority
Cambridgeshire
Trust
Not applicable
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
198
198 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
102
51.5% of pupils
Male pupils
96
48.5% of pupils
5.0 pts
above England
School
29.8%
Cambridge
16.1%
East of England
19.7%
England
24.8%
29.2 pts
above England
School
49.5%
Cambridge
23.6%
East of England
16.4%
England
20.3%
0.5 pts
above England
School
1.5%
Cambridge
0.9%
East of England
1.7%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
11.6%
23
Any other Mixed background
7.6%
15
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
19.2%
38 of
198 pupils
1.6 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
18.7%
37 pupils
England
14.8%
3.9 pts
above
EHC plans
0.5%
1 pupils
England
6.0%
5.5 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Specific learning difficulty
18
Speech, language & communication
11
Social, emotional & mental health
8
Autistic spectrum disorder
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.
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
5.60%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
0.62 pts
lower than
England
School
5.60%
Cambridge
5.93%
East of England
6.17%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
16.02%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
0.20 pts
higher than
England
School
16.02%
Cambridge
14.92%
East of England
15.39%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
5.63%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
3.82 pts
higher than
England
School
5.63%
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
62.9%
25.3 pts
below England
St Philip's CofE Aided Primary School
62.9%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.