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Pendragon Community Primary School

South Cambridgeshire, CB23 3XQPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Jul 2022
KS2 Results
54%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
1.0×
Not oversubscribed
34 1st-choice / 35 places
Ranking
#9,620
of 13,686 nationally

About Pendragon Community Primary School

Pendragon Community Primary School in South Cambridgeshire holds a Good rating from Ofsted following its most recent inspection in 2022, with every assessed category — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — all rated Good. The school’s most telling exam metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which stands at 54%. That figure is below the Cambridgeshire local authority average of 58%, placing Pendragon 120th out of 210 primary schools in the county. In the South Cambridgeshire district specifically, the school ranks 36th out of 55 schools on this measure, putting it in the bottom half of its immediate peers. The data suggests a school that is solidly satisfactory in core academic outcomes but not among the higher-performing primaries in the area.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressVarrier-Jones Drive, Cambridge, South Cambridgeshire, CB23 3XQ
HeadteacherEmily Samuels
Local AuthorityCambridgeshire
Number of Pupils315
Free School Meals (FSM)14.6%
School Capacity315 / 420 (75% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

5 Jul 2022
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Quality of Education
Good
Behaviour & Attitudes
Good
Personal Development
Good
Leadership & Management
Good
Early Years Provision
Good

Source: Ofsted, 26 Sept 2022. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

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AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageLearning Difficulty

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

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Pendragon Community Primary School has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.