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Stretham Community Primary School

East Cambridgeshire, CB6 3JNPrimaryAges 5–11MixedState
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted inspected
5 Good
Nov 2024
KS2 Results
67%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
1.1×
Oversubscribed
32 1st-choice / 30 places
Ranking
#5,331
of 13,686 nationally

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.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range5 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressWood Lane, Ely, East Cambridgeshire, CB6 3JN
HeadteacherMatthew Sweeney
Local AuthorityCambridgeshire
Number of Pupils180
Free School Meals (FSM)23.9%
School Capacity180 / 210 (86% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

12 Nov 2024
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Quality of Education
Good
Behaviour & Attitudes
Good
Personal Development
Good
Leadership & Management
Good
Early Years Provision
Good

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer assigns a single overall grade in inspections of state-funded schools.

Source: Ofsted, 16 Dec 2024. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

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DyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageLearning DifficultyMulti-SensoryOther

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

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Frequently Asked Questions About Stretham Community Primary School

Stretham 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.