Barton CofE VA Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
B73
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Cambridge, CB23 7BD
- Distance
- 2.4km away
Meridian Primary School
Harbour Avenue, Comberton, Cambridge, CB23 7DD
Local ranking138th of 210 primary schools in Cambridgeshire
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
300
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 24 September 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 58.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 6.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 74.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 61.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 77.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 74.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Cohort Size
- 31
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 190
- Boys
- 91 (48%)
- Girls
- 99 (52%)
- Capacity
- 300 (63% full)
- SEND
- 14.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 10.5%
- EAL
- 22.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.6%
- SEN Support
- 12.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 22.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 8.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,705/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 8.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 68.3%
- White Other: 7.9%
- Mixed Other: 5.3%
- Asian Chinese: 4.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 3.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.2%
- Black African: 2.6%
- Asian Indian: 1.6%
68.3%
White British
7.9%
White Other
5.3%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Harbour Avenue
Cambridge, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 110626
- UKPRN
- 10074541
- Establishment No.
- 2059
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