Melbourn Primary School

Community school·Primary school Royston, Cambridgeshire·SG8 6DB
Composite score
43.8
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#9,561
National rank
#1032
In East of England
#109
In Cambridgeshire
Top 65%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
62%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 20/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
43 first choices, 44 places
First choices per place
0.98
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
59
any preference, for 44 places
Applications from another council area
5%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.13
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0820221.0020230.7920240.8520250.982026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Melbourn Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
376
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
8.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,104
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

School overview

Melbourn Primary School is a primary school serving Royston, Cambridgeshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 376 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 62% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 1.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Melbourn Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 43 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.8%. There are about 17.1 pupils per teacher. Melbourn Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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