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Fowlmere Primary School

Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school

The Butts, Fowlmere, Royston SG8 7SL · fowlmere.cambs.sch.uk · 01763 208203

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Apr 2025
Key stage 2, 2024/25
25%
reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cambridgeshire 59%, England 62%
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
Pupils
73
61% of 120 places
Local authority
Cambridgeshire
Nursery class
No
Free school meals
13.7%
First language not English
6.8%
School census 2025/26

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Reception in September 2026, 2 families put the school first and 2 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 12 (Places 12)12September 2023: 7 (Places 7)7September 2024: 10 (Places 14)10September 2025: 13 (Places 14)13September 2026: 2 (Places 2)2Places 2
ReceptionPlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026221100%
September 2025Sept 202514130.9100%
September 2024Sept 202414100.7100%
September 2023Sept 2023771100%
September 2022Sept 202212121100%

Results

In 2024/25, 25% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Cambridgeshire it was 59%, and across England 62%.

Expected standard reading, writing and maths

2019/20 to 2021/22: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1922/2323/2424/252015/16: 56% (England 53%)56%2016/17: 62% (England 61%)62%2017/18: 63% (England 64%)63%2018/19: 67% (England 65%)67%2022/23: 60% (England 60%)60%2023/24: 31% (England 61%)31%2024/25: 25% (England 62%)25%England 62%
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
Reading, writing and maths
▼25%62%
▼0%8%
Average scaled score
▼103106
▼100105
▼98105

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Fowlmere Primary School on 23 April 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
23 Apr 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Early yearsGood

Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Feb 2023

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Feb 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Nov 2017Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Early yearsGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Nov 2015Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Early yearsRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

What parents said

79% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (33 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
79%
Replies
33
43% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▲94% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼85% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▲88% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼63% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼78% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼60% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼67% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼72% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼51% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼69% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼63% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 76% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼30% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 30% who had a child bullied

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