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Bar Hill Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Gladeside, Bar Hill, Cambridge CB23 8DY · barhillschool.co.uk · 01954 273305
On the mapSearch near CB23 8DY
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Sept 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 74%
- 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
- 229
- 65% of 350 places
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 10.9%
- First language not English
- 36.2%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Meridian Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 18 families put the school first and 18 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 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 33 | 33 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 24 | 22 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 37 | 37 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 74% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 12% 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 | |||
| ▲74% | 62% | ||
| ▲12% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 110625)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 15 September 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Bar Hill Community Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 14 Sept 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 110625), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Sept 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110625)
Nov 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110625)
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (58 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 58
- 21% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 43% who had a child bullied