Crosshall Junior School

About Crosshall Junior School

Crosshall Junior School is a state primary in Huntingdonshire that parents clearly rate highly. In its most recent ungraded Ofsted inspection, the school was confirmed to remain Good, a rating it has held consistently since at least its previous graded inspection in 2018. While the school does not publish a parent-view recommendation percentage, its oversubscription ratio tells its own story: with 371 pupils on roll against a capacity of 480, the school is operating at roughly 77 per cent of its maximum, suggesting it is comfortably filled but not bursting at the seams. This balance may appeal to families who want a settled, well-regarded local school without the scramble for places that some oversubscribed primaries demand. The school is non-denominational, co-educational, and caters for children from Year 3 through to Year 6, making it a straightforward option for families in the area looking for the junior phase of their child’s primary education.

Academically, Crosshall Junior School performs solidly above the local average. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 68 per cent of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with a Cambridgeshire local authority average of 58 per cent. This places the school 12th out of 55 schools in Huntingdonshire, putting it in the top 22 per cent of its immediate area, and 46th out of 210 primary schools across the wider county. Looking at individual subjects, 84 per cent of pupils met the expected standard in reading, 82 per cent in maths, and 81 per cent in writing. At the higher standard, 9 per cent of pupils achieved the top level across all three subjects, with reading the strongest subject at 31 per cent reaching the higher threshold. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points, but the raw attainment figures are comfortably above the norm.

The school offers a practical range of facilities including a library, music rooms, a gymnasium and a sensory room, which suggests it is well equipped to support both academic and pastoral needs. Sports provision is broad, with football, athletics, gymnastics, rounders, dance, tennis and cross country on offer, and clubs extend to gardening, science, chess and a book club. For families with children who have additional needs, the school lists six categories of SEND provision, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language difficulties, hearing impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. The headship is shared between Daniel Ainscow and Liam Murphy. With 16.2 per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a mixed catchment. Crosshall Junior School will suit families who want a good, steady state primary with above-average results, a decent range of activities, and a clear SEND offer, all within a school that is popular but not impossibly oversubscribed.

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