Cottenham Primary SchoolHiston and Impington Park Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Cambridge.

Summary of the comparison

Cottenham Primary School and Histon and Impington Park Primary School are primary schools in Cambridge.

  • Cottenham Primary School scores 53 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Histon and Impington Park Primary School scores 77 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Histon and Impington Park Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Cottenham Primary School was judged Good and Histon and Impington Park Primary School was judged Outstanding.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 61.0% for Cottenham Primary School and 85.0% for Histon and Impington Park Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Cottenham Primary School (70.0% in 2022-23, 61.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Cottenham Primary School versus Histon and Impington Park Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure CambridgeCottenham Primary SchoolCambridgeHiston and Impington Park Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD53/100B77/100Stronger figure
Local ranking125th of 210 in Cambridgeshire 116th of 210 in Cambridgeshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School typeCommunity school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range5-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll471 425
Capacity600 420
LocationCambridge, CB24 8TA Cambridge, CB24 9AQ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard61.0% 85.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard8.0% 8.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score107.0 110.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score105.0 109.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census480 403
Free school meals (ever 6)19.6% 15.1%
English as an additional language12.7% 19.4%
SEN support11.9% 11.7%
SEN with an EHC plan4.0% 3.2%
Attendance
Overall absence4.5% Stronger figure4.5% 6.2%
Persistent absence8.6% Stronger figure12.8% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Cottenham Primary School

Histon and Impington Park Primary School

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