Alconbury CofE Primary School

About Alconbury CofE Primary School

If you're looking for a primary school where parents are overwhelmingly positive, Alconbury CofE Primary School makes a strong impression. In the most recent Parent View survey, covering responses from September 2024 to September 2025, every single parent who responded said they would recommend the school. That's a perfect 100% recommend rate from 110 respondents. The detail backs that up: 75% strongly agreed their child is happy, and the same proportion strongly agreed their child feels safe. On behaviour, 96% of parents agreed or strongly agreed the school ensures pupils are well behaved. The school is also clearly popular locally. For the 2025/26 reception intake, it received 80 applications for just 30 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.67. Of those, 25 first-preference families were offered a place, so getting in isn't guaranteed.

Academically, Alconbury performs solidly above the local average. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 66% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with a Cambridgeshire local authority average of 58%. The school's score of 66 places it in the top 50 nationally for this metric, and 15th out of 55 schools in Huntingdonshire. Looking at individual subjects, 90% met the expected standard in writing, and 86% did so in maths. Reading and maths both had an average scaled score of 105, which is above the national benchmark of 100. The school's most recent Ofsted inspection, in November 2024, rated it Good across all areas including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. This is consistent with its previous Good rating from 2011.

The school offers a range of facilities including a library, gymnasium, playing fields and a chapel, reflecting its Church of England foundation. Sports on offer include tennis, rounders, gymnastics and swimming, and there are clubs such as art, film, chess, coding and choir. For families with children who have additional needs, the school lists provisions for specific learning difficulties including dyslexia, severe learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. In the Parent View survey, 91% of parents agreed or strongly agreed that SEND children receive the support they need. With 206 pupils on roll against a capacity of 210, the school is nearly full, and the 13.1% of pupils eligible for free school meals is slightly below the national average. Alconbury is a good fit for families who value a church school with strong parent satisfaction and above-average academic results in a popular village setting.

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