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Morley Memorial Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Blinco Grove, Cambridge CB1 7TX · morley.cambs.sch.uk · 01223 508786
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 53%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cambridgeshire 59%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 1.89 mi
- 3.04 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Criterion 6 · Cambridgeshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 371
- 88% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 17.5%
- First language not English
- 43.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Criterion 6” went to a home 1.89 mi (3.04 km) from the school. Source: Cambridgeshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 53 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 60 | 53 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 50 | 43 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 48 | 43 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 57 | 50 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 50 | 0.8 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Criterion 6 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.89 mi3.04 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 53% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% the higher standard. Across Cambridgeshire it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼53% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 14 February 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Morley Memorial Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 13 Feb 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Nov 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Sept 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (125 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 125
- 32% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 22% who had a child bullied
based on 13 parents (10%) with SEND