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Kennett Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Howe Hill Road, Kennett, Newmarket CB8 7WL · kennettcommunityprimary.org.uk · 01638 750386
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 55%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cambridgeshire 59%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 1.74 mi
- 2.80 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Criterion 6 · Cambridgeshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 130
- 62% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 9.2%
- First language not English
- 6.2%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Anglian Learning
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Criterion 6” went to a home 1.74 mi (2.80 km) from the school. Source: Cambridgeshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 16 families put the school first and 15 places were offered; 75% 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 | 15 | 16 | 1.1▲ | 75% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 15 | 21 | 1.4▲ | 67% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 15 | 10 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 12 | 19 | 1.6▲ | 63% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 15 | 12 | 0.8 | 67% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Criterion 6 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.74 mi2.80 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 55% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 18% 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 | |||
| ▼55% | 62% | ||
| ▲18% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲113 | 106 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 27 March 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Kennett Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 27 Mar 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Oct 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Mar 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (60 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 60
- 58% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 48% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (18%) with SEND