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Burrowmoor Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Burrowmoor Road, March PE15 9RP · burrowmoor.net · 01354 652330
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Inadequate
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 32%
- 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
- 326
- 68% of 480 places
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 43.2%
- First language not English
- 16.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 46 families put the school first and 53 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 | 53 | 46 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 33 | 33 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 32% 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 | |||
| ▼32% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼100 | 106 | ||
| ▼98 | 105 | ||
| ▼99 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 139843)
Ofsted
Burrowmoor Primary Academy was judged Inadequate at its last graded inspection, on 14 June 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Inadequate
- Inspected
- 14 Jun 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding not effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 139843)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Inadequate |
| Personal development | Inadequate |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Early years | Inadequate |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Oct 2018
Other inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 139843), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Mar 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
- Nov 2022Monitoring visitEffective action
- Jun 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
- Feb 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Oct 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 139843)
Dec 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 139843)
Mar 2015Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 139843)