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The Galfrid School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Galfrid Road, Cambridge CB5 8ND · thegalfridschool.org.uk · 01223 603787
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 35%
- 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
- 211
- 47% of 451 places
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 44.1%
- First language not English
- 20.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 27 families put the school first and 28 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 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 29 | 26 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 25 | 21 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 42 | 39 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 24 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 35% 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 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼35% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 132127)
Ofsted
The Galfrid School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 17 October 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 17 Oct 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Dec 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 132127), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
- Dec 2018Monitoring visitEffective action
Dec 2017Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 132127)
Jun 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 132127)
What parents said
76% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (34 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 76%
- Replies
- 34
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 41% who had a child bullied