Barrington CofE VC Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Cambridgeshire·CB22 7RG
Composite score
34.2
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#12,571
National rank
#1389
In East of England
#156
In Cambridgeshire
Top 85%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
40%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
27 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
49
any preference, for 28 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9220221.0020230.9020240.9320250.962026

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

Every child who put Barrington CofE VC 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
165
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
13.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,661
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Barrington CofE VC Primary School at a glance

Located in Cambridgeshire, Barrington CofE VC Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 165 pupils aged 4 to 11. 40% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 5.0 percentage points compared with 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 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Barrington CofE VC Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 28 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 22.3 pupils per teacher. Barrington CofE VC 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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