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Sawtry Junior Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 7–11 · Academy
Middlefield Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon PE28 5SH · sawtryjunior.org · 01487 830204
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2019
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 50%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cambridgeshire 59%, England 62%
- Pupils
- 274
- 14 over 260 places · 105%
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Free school meals
- 26.3%
- First language not English
- 8.4%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Meridian Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Results
In 2024/25, 50% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% 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 | |||
| ▼50% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 110688)
Ofsted
Sawtry Junior Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 8 October 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Nov 2024 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 19 Nov 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Sept 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Sept 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
64% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (44 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 64%
- Replies
- 44
- 16% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 48% who had a child bullied
based on 16 parents (36%) with SEND