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Spring Meadow Infant School

East Cambridgeshire, CB7 4RBPrimaryAges 4–7MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Mar 2024
KS2 Results
No data
Competition
0.9×
Not oversubscribed
27 1st-choice / 29 places
Ranking
Not ranked

About Spring Meadow Infant School

Spring Meadow Infant School is a state primary in Cambridgeshire, serving children aged 4 to 7 in the East Cambridgeshire area. Within the local authority, it sits among 210 primary schools, with only five rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The school’s closest ranked peers in the same LA include Histon and Impington Brook Primary School, Caldecote Primary School, and Abbots Ripton CofE Primary School, though Spring Meadow itself holds a solid Good rating from its most recent inspection in March 2024. That inspection marked a clear improvement from the previous one in 2020, when the school was rated Requires Improvement overall. Under headteacher Laura Fielding, the school now receives Good marks across every category: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. With 143 pupils on roll against a capacity of 180, the school has room to grow, but it is already oversubscribed — 45 families applied for 29 places in the 2025/26 intake, and 27 of those were first-preference offers.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 7 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressHigh Barns, Ely, East Cambridgeshire, CB7 4RB
HeadteacherLaura Fielding
Local AuthorityCambridgeshire
Number of Pupils143
Free School Meals (FSM)37.1%
School Capacity143 / 180 (79% full)
Nursery ClassesYes

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

6 Mar 2024
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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, 1 May 2024. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

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SEN Unit
AutismMental HealthSpeech & LanguageSEN UnitMulti-Sensory

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

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