Pendragon Community Primary School

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.

Looking more closely at the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, the picture is mixed. In reading, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard and 26% achieved a higher score, with an average scaled score of 105. Maths tells a similar story: 70% at expected and 15% at the higher level, with an average score of 104. Writing is the weakest area, with only 57% meeting the expected standard and just 7% reaching the higher threshold. The combined expected standard figure of 54% is dragged down by writing. Nationally, the school sits in the 70th percentile for this combined metric, meaning roughly 30% of primary schools perform better. The school’s ranking score of 54 places it in the bottom 50 tier nationally, and it is well behind top local peers like Histon and Impington Brook Primary School, which scores 90.

Pendragon is a state primary for mixed genders aged 4 to 11, with 315 pupils on roll against a capacity of 420, so there is some room for growth. It is oversubscribed for 2025/26: 49 applications for 35 places, with 34 of those coming as first preferences, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.4. The school offers a wide range of facilities including playing fields, a sports hall, gymnasium, ICT suite, music rooms and even a chapel. Sports provision covers athletics, cricket, tennis, football, swimming, rounders and gymnastics, while clubs include coding, chess, choir and art club. SEND support is well-documented, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language issues, and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a school that suits families looking for a broadly good primary with strong facilities and SEND provision, but who are realistic about academic outcomes being around the local average rather than exceptional.

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