Queen Emma Primary School

Foundation school·Primary school Cambridgeshire·CB1 8QY
Composite score
61.3
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National rank
#372
In East of England
#39
In Cambridgeshire
Top 24%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
71%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
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
88%
34 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.13
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
95
any preference, for 30 places
Last place offered lived
0.54 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 874 m
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8820220.9120230.9720241.0720251.132026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
405
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
24.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
45.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,079
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Queen Emma Primary School

Queen Emma Primary School is a primary school in Cambridgeshire, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. Around 405 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 71% 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 18.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 24% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Queen Emma Primary School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 34 first choices for 30 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.54 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 22.7 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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