Over Primary School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F35
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Cambridge, CB24 5PG
- Distance
- 2.4km away
Swavesey Primary School
Middle Watch, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB24 4RN
Local ranking44th of 210 primary schools in Cambridgeshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
330
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 5 November 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 73.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 8.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 90.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 77.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 73.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 104.0
- Cohort Size
- 48
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 306
- Boys
- 151 (49%)
- Girls
- 155 (51%)
- Capacity
- 330 (93% full)
- SEND
- 15.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 6.9%
- EAL
- 8.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.3%
- SEN Support
- 13.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 15.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,198/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 7.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 69.4%
- Mixed Other: 7.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 4.0%
- White Other: 3.6%
- Asian Other: 3.3%
- Gypsy/Roma: 3.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.0%
- Asian Indian: 1.7%
69.4%
White British
7.0%
Mixed Other
4.0%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Middle Watch
Cambridge, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 110620
- UKPRN
- 10074542
- Establishment No.
- 2046
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