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Bewick Bridge Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Fulbourn Old Drift, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge CB1 9ND · bewickbridge.co.uk · 01223 508772
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Apr 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 90%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cambridgeshire 59%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 3.61 mi
- 5.81 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Criterion 6 · Cambridgeshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 222
- 93% of 240 places
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 12.2%
- First language not English
- 43.2%
- 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 3.61 mi (5.81 km) from the school. Source: Cambridgeshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 29 families put the school first and 30 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 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 36 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Criterion 6 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 3.61 mi5.81 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 90% 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 | |||
| ▲90% | 62% | ||
| ▲19% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲110 | 106 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
| ▲111 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Bewick Bridge Community Primary School on 14 April 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 14 Apr 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard |
| Achievement | Strong standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Jun 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (61 replies, to 5 September 2022).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 61
- 32% · 5 Sept 2022
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 23% who had a child bullied