Dry Drayton CofE (C) Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Cambridgeshire·CB23 8DA
Composite score
57.2
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#4,770
National rank
#485
In East of England
#48
In Cambridgeshire
Top 32%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
70%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
112.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
9 first choices, 9 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
17
any preference, for 9 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Dry Drayton CofE (C) 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
69
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
26.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
13.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,106
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Dry Drayton CofE (C) Primary School at a glance

Located in Cambridgeshire, Dry Drayton CofE (C) 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 69 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 70% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 20.0 percentage points year on year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 32% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 112 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% 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 Dry Drayton CofE (C) Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 9 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.2%. There are about 13.5 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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