The Spinney Primary School

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

CambridgeshireLocal Authority

South CambridgeshireConstituency

CB1 9PBPostcode

1.2

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

The Spinney Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Cambridgeshire, East of England.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 177 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 2 Jun 2026 · published 23 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 68%
Higher standard: 21%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 108

Ethnicity

White

55%

Asian

14%

Black

Mixed

11%

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

177

Total Pupils

47%Boys

53%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

42%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 177
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
18 Jan 2024	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
13 Jan 2009	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.