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Bottisham Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Beechwood Avenue, Bottisham, Cambridge CB25 9BE · bottishamprimary.org · 01223 811235
On the mapSearch near CB25 9BE
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 72%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cambridgeshire 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 245
- 81% of 304 places
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 16.6%
- First language not English
- 16.3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Anglian Learning
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 20 families put the school first and 20 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 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 37 | 37 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 72% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 19% 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 | |||
| ▲72% | 62% | ||
| ▲19% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 110669)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 30 June 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Bottisham Community Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 29 Jun 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Apr 2012
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Apr 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (76 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 76
- 25% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 37% who had a child bullied