Littleport Community Primary School

About Littleport Community Primary School

Littleport Community Primary School holds a Good rating from Ofsted following its most recent inspection in 2024, a grade it has maintained since its previous inspection in 2015. The school’s key stage 2 results tell a more nuanced story: 62% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which sits four percentage points above the local authority average of 58%. However, only 7% of pupils achieved the higher standard in all three subjects, and the school ranks 17th out of 27 primary schools in East Cambridgeshire on this measure, placing it in the bottom half nationally. In individual subjects, reading and writing both saw 75% of pupils meet expectations, while maths lagged slightly at 74%. Average scaled scores were 107 in reading and 104 in maths, both in line with national norms. The school’s Progress 8 scores are not available, so it is difficult to gauge how much value the school adds beyond raw attainment.

Ofsted inspectors rated every aspect of the school as Good in 2024, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The early years provision also earned a Good rating, a notable improvement from its Requires Improvement grade in 2015. Parent feedback, collected through Ofsted’s Parent View between September 2024 and September 2025, is largely positive: 94% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that their child is happy at the school, and 92% felt their child is safe. However, opinions are more divided on SEND support, with 48% of parents agreeing and 48% disagreeing that children with special educational needs receive the help they need. The school’s SEND provisions cover a wide range of needs, including dyslexia, speech and language difficulties, autistic spectrum disorder, and social, emotional and mental health challenges.

The school is oversubscribed for the 2025/26 academic year, receiving 67 applications for 47 places, with 46 of those being first-preference applications. It serves a community with above-average disadvantage, as 25.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, compared with the national average. Facilities include a library, sports hall, playing fields, sensory room, ICT suite and a chapel, and the school offers a broad range of clubs such as coding, chess, choir, drama and book club. Sports provision includes football, swimming, rounders, netball, cricket and dance. Littleport is a state primary for mixed-gender pupils aged 4 to 11, with no nursery or sixth form provision. It is best suited to families in the East Cambridgeshire area who value a stable, Good-rated school with solid core results and a wide range of extracurricular opportunities, though those with children requiring SEND support may want to investigate the school’s approach more closely given the mixed parent views.

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