Somersham Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Somersham, Cambridgeshire·PE28 3EU
Composite score
56.3
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#5,059
National rank
#518
In East of England
#55
In Cambridgeshire
Top 34%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
74%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
96%
50 first choices, 50 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
76
any preference, for 50 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Somersham Primary School yet. Cambridgeshire does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
303
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
20.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,158
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Somersham Primary School is a primary school serving Somersham, Cambridgeshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 303 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Somersham Primary School 'Outstanding'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 74% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 10.0 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 top 34% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 96% of the families who made Somersham Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 20.7 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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