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Barton CofE VA Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Voluntary aided
School Lane, Barton, Cambridge CB23 7BD · bartonprimary.org.uk · 01223 262474
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Apr 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 59%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cambridgeshire 59%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 4.08 mi
- 6.57 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Criterion 7 · Cambridgeshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 117
- 98% of 120 places
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 6%
- First language not English
- 25.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Criterion 7” went to a home 4.08 mi (6.57 km) from the school. Source: Cambridgeshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 15 families put the school first and 16 places were offered; 93% 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 | 16 | 15 | 0.9 | 93% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 14 | 12 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 17 | 15 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Criterion 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 4.08 mi6.57 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 59% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 14% 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 | |||
| ▼59% | 62% | ||
| ▲14% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲110 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 23 April 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Barton CofE VA Primary School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 23 Apr 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Feb 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2020Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Mar 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (81 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 81
- 67% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 25% who had a child bullied
based on 15 parents (19%) with SEND