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Kettlefields Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Stetchworth Road, Dullingham, Newmarket CB8 9UH · kettlefields.cambs.sch.uk · 01638 508360
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 61%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cambridgeshire 59%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 1.51 mi
- 2.42 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Criterion 6 · Cambridgeshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.4
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 145
- 25 over 120 places · 121%
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 10.3%
- First language not English
- 4.8%
- 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 1.51 mi (2.42 km) from the school. Source: Cambridgeshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 26 families put the school first and 19 places were offered; 73% 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 | 19 | 26 | 1.4▲ | 73% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 18 | 30 | 1.7▲ | 60% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 20 | 17 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 20 | 17 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 12 | 8 | 0.7 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Criterion 6 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.51 mi2.42 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 6% 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 | |||
| ●61% | 62% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Kettlefields Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 19 October 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 19 Oct 2022
- 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 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2019Requires 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 Nov 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Sept 2010Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Good
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (33 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 33
- 28% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 18% who had a child bullied