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Fen Ditton Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridge CB5 8SZ · fendittonprimary.org · 01223 292342
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Apr 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 63%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cambridgeshire 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 119
- 68% of 175 places
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 36.1%
- First language not English
- 20.2%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Anglian Learning
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 7 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 | 7 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 19 | 16 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 17 | 12 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% 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 | |||
| ●63% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 110605)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 27 April 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Fen Ditton Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 26 Apr 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2016
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Dec 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 Feb 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good
What parents said
88% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (33 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 88%
- Replies
- 33
- 20% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied