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Spring Meadow Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Community school
High Barns, Ely CB7 4RB · 01353 664742
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2024
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 143
- 79% of 180 places
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 42.7%
- First language not English
- 18.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 39 families put the school first and 39 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 39 | 39 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 29 | 27 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 40 | 39 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 32 | 30 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 36 | 35 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Spring Meadow Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 6 March 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 6 Mar 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: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Mar 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- May 2022Monitoring visitEffective action
- May 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
- Mar 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
Mar 2020Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Nov 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
74% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (50 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 74%
- Replies
- 50
- 36% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 34% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (28%) with SEND