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Guilden Morden CofE Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Sponsored academy
Pound Green, Guilden Morden, Nr Royston SG8 0JZ · gui.graceschools.org.uk · 01763 852318
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2019
- Key stage 2, 2022/23
- 50%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cambridgeshire 58%, England 60%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 67
- 74% of 90 places
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 18.3%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Grace Schools
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 9 families put the school first and 10 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 | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2022/23, 50% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Cambridgeshire it was 58%, and across England 60%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| hidden | 62% | ||
| hidden | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| hidden | 106 | ||
| hidden | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | hidden | 105 | |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 110790)
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
Guilden Morden CofE Primary Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 1 October 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Jan 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 28 Jan 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 110790), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Sept 2015Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110790)
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (41 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 41
- 69% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 54% who raised concerns
based on the 20% who had a child bullied
based on 13 parents (32%) with SEND