Stretham Community Primary School

About Stretham Community Primary School

Stretham Community Primary School is a state-funded, mixed primary school in East Cambridgeshire, part of the Cambridgeshire local authority. It sits 9th out of 27 schools in its immediate area, placing it in the top third locally. Among its top-performing peers in the same authority are Histon and Impington Brook Primary School, Caldecote Primary School, and Abbots Ripton CofE Primary School. Stretham is a relatively small school with 180 pupils against a capacity of 210, and it is oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, it received 50 applications for 30 places, with 29 of those going to first-preference families. The school has a higher-than-average proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals at 23.9%. Its most recent Ofsted inspection, in November 2024, rated it Good across all graded categories — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — a consistent improvement from its previous Good rating in 2016, where early years provision was judged as Requires Improvement.

Academically, Stretham performs solidly above the local authority average. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with a Cambridgeshire LA average of 58%. The school’s reading and maths average scores were 106 and 104 respectively, both above the national benchmark of 100. A higher-than-expected proportion of pupils achieved the higher standard in reading (25%) and maths (17%), though the combined higher standard across all three subjects was 8%. Nationally, Stretham ranks in the 39th percentile among all primary schools, and in the East of England region it sits in the 35th percentile. The school does not have a sixth form or nursery provision, and its focus is firmly on the primary years. Parent feedback is overwhelmingly positive: 98% of respondents would recommend the school, and 80% strongly agreed that their child is happy there.

The school offers a broad range of facilities including a library, art studios, a gymnasium, an outdoor playground, a forest school and a chapel. Sports on offer include athletics, netball, dance, swimming, cross country and rounders, while clubs range from choir and drama to science club, coding and art club. Stretham has a dedicated set of SEND provisions covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, multi-sensory impairment, and other difficulties or disabilities. With a strong parent view and clear academic outcomes, this school suits families looking for a well-regarded, community-focused primary that is oversubscribed and popular locally, particularly those who value a forest school setting and a wide range of extracurricular activities.

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