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Newnham Croft Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Chedworth Street, Cambridge CB3 9JF · newnhamcroft.cambs.sch.uk · 01223 508737
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 81%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cambridgeshire 59%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.75 mi
- 1.21 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Criterion 6 · Cambridgeshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.3
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 221
- 100% of 222 places
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 6.8%
- First language not English
- 20.4%
- 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 0.75 mi (1.21 km) from the school. Source: Cambridgeshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 38 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 79% 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 | 30 | 38 | 1.3▲ | 79% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 53 | 1.8▲ | 51% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 29 | 32 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 37 | 1.2▲ | 78% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 34 | 36 | 1.1▲ | 92% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Criterion 6 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.75 mi1.21 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 81% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 19% 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 | |||
| ▲81% | 62% | ||
| ▲19% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲111 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 19 June 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Newnham Croft Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 18 Jun 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Jun 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good
What parents said
99% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (105 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 99%
- Replies
- 105
- 46% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (11%) with SEND