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Histon and Impington Brook Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
The Green, Histon, Cambridge CB24 9JA · brookprimary.co.uk · 01223 712192
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Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 90%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cambridgeshire 59%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 2.80 mi
- 4.51 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Criterion 6 · Cambridgeshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 408
- 65% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 9.6%
- First language not English
- 15.4%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Meridian Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Criterion 6” went to a home 2.80 mi (4.51 km) from the school. Source: Cambridgeshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 69 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 87% 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 | 60 | 69 | 1.2▲ | 87% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 59 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 57 | 57 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 39 | 37 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 51 | 49 | 1 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Criterion 6 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 2.80 mi4.51 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 24% 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% | ||
| ▲24% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲111 | 106 | ||
| ▲111 | 105 | ||
| ▲111 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Histon and Impington Brook Primary School on 15 October 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 15 Oct 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Sept 2006
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- Nov 2019Monitoring visit
Before September 2019
Sept 2006Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (160 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 160
- 43% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 66% who raised concerns
based on the 24% who had a child bullied
based on 27 parents (17%) with SEND