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Sawtry Infants' School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Community school
Middlefield Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon PE28 5SH · sawtry-inf.cambs.sch.uk · 01487 830678
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Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2024
- Last distance offered
- 3.09 mi
- 4.97 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Criterion 3 · Cambridgeshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 211
- 88% of 240 places
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 18%
- First language not English
- 9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Criterion 3” went to a home 3.09 mi (4.97 km) from the school. Source: Cambridgeshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 75 families put the school first and 70 places were offered; 91% 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 | 70 | 75 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 68 | 72 | 1.1▲ | 93% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 65 | 68 | 1▲ | 96% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 61 | 1▲ | 95% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 59 | 1 | 97% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Criterion 3 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 3.09 mi4.97 km | |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Sawtry Infants' School on 6 November 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 6 Nov 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jul 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jul 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Feb 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Oct 2007Good
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 (51 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 51
- 26% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 67% who raised concerns
based on the 25% who had a child bullied