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Marleigh Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Free school
Marleigh Avenue, Cambridge CB5 8BG · marleighprimary.org · 01223 618081
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 60%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cambridgeshire 59%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.96 mi
- 1.54 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Criterion 4 · Cambridgeshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 189
- 40% of 472 places
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 17.5%
- First language not English
- 36.5%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Anglian Learning
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Criterion 4” went to a home 0.96 mi (1.54 km) from the school. Source: Cambridgeshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 35 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 80% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 30 | 35 | 1.2▲ | 80% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 15 | 22 | 1.5▲ | 68% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 15 | 22 | 1.5▲ | 64% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Criterion 4 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.96 mi1.54 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 60% 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%.
| 2024/25 | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | ||
| Expected standard | ●60% | 62% |
| Higher standard | ●10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score | ||
| Reading | ▼103 | 106 |
| Maths | ●103 | 105 |
| Grammar and spelling | ▲108 | 105 |
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Marleigh Primary Academy on 25 February 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 25 Feb 2025
- 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 |
What parents said
79% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (43 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 79%
- Replies
- 43
- 29% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied