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The Icknield Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Lynton Way, Cambridge CB22 3EA · icknieldprimary.org · 01223 508750
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Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 59%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cambridgeshire 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 222
- 12 over 210 places · 106%
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 26.4%
- First language not English
- 26.1%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Anglian Learning
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 18 families put the school first and 19 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 | 19 | 18 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 26 | 21 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 18 | 0.6 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 59% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% 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 | |||
| ▼59% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 110671)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected The Icknield Primary School on 20 May 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 20 May 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Nov 2023
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 110671), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Good
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 Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110671)
May 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110671)
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (69 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 69
- 35% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (17%) with SEND