Ermine Street Church Academy

About Ermine Street Church Academy

Ofsted's Parent View survey, based on 98 responses collected between September 2024 and September 2025, shows that 63% of parents would recommend Ermine Street Church Academy. That's a solid majority, though it leaves over a third of respondents who wouldn't. The school is clearly popular in practical terms: for the 2025/26 reception intake, it received 80 applications for 48 places, with 52 of those as first preferences, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.67. That means nearly two families competing for every place. Looking more closely at the survey, parents are broadly positive about happiness and safety — 86% combined agree or strongly agree that their child is happy, and 90% feel their child is safe. However, there are notable weak spots. Only 47% agree that concerns are dealt with properly, and just 39% agree that SEND children get the support they need, with 48% strongly disagreeing on that point. The school's most recent ungraded inspection in November 2024 confirmed that standards are being maintained, and it has held a Good rating since its last graded inspection in 2019.

Academically, Ermine Street Church Academy sits in the middle of the pack. In the 2023/24 KS2 results, 62% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — slightly above the local authority average of 58%. That places the school 22nd out of 55 primary schools in Huntingdonshire, and 7,293rd nationally out of 13,686, putting it in the bottom half nationally but around the median for the East of England. Individual subject scores are a mixed bag. Reading is a relative strength: 85% reached the expected standard and 31% hit the higher standard, with an average scaled score of 105. Writing saw 81% at expected but no pupils at the higher level. Maths is weaker: 69% at expected, just 4% at higher, with an average score of 102. The school has no published progress scores for any subject, so it's hard to say how much value it adds from starting points. Ofsted rated leadership and management, early years provision and overall effectiveness all as Good in 2019.

The school is a Church of England/Methodist primary for children aged 4 to 11, with a capacity of 420 and currently 322 pupils on roll, so there is some spare capacity in theory — though the oversubscription for reception suggests that spare space is in older year groups. Facilities include a gymnasium, sports hall, ICT suite, chapel and outdoor playground, and the school offers clubs like coding, chess, science club, choir and film club. Sports on offer are football, rounders, cross country and tennis. The school lists SEND provisions covering dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social and emotional mental health, speech and language needs, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder — though the Parent View data suggests parents of SEND children are not satisfied with the support provided. With 10.6% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the intake is slightly below the national average for disadvantage. This school will suit families who value a Church school environment and are comfortable with solid but not outstanding academic outcomes, particularly those whose children are strong readers.

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