Chesterton Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Cambridgeshire·CB4 1RW
Composite score
32.0
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#13,085
National rank
#1442
In East of England
#160
In Cambridgeshire
Top 88%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
42%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
17 first choices, 24 places
First choices per place
0.71
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
40
any preference, for 24 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.23
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9620220.7220230.9420240.9320250.712026

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

Every child who put Chesterton 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
167
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
32.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
40.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,150
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Chesterton Primary School

Chesterton Primary School is a primary school in Cambridgeshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 167 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 42% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 16.0 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 103 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Chesterton Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 17 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 15.0 pupils per teacher. Chesterton 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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