Over Primary School

Over Primary School is currently rated as requiring improvement overall, primarily due to leadership and management issues. While the quality of education and personal development is good, the leadership structure has faced instability, which has affected some areas of curriculum organization and consistency for pupils. Despite these challenges, the school has made notable progress under new leadership and with support from the local authority. Pupils are engaged and enjoy their learning, showing positive attitudes and good behavior throughout.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between pupils and adults
• Pupils are enthusiastic about learning
• Good quality education in core subjects like English, mathematics, and science
• Early reading curriculum is a strength with well-developed phonics instruction
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
• Pupils have access to varied roles to develop leadership skills
• Positive behavior management with minimal disruption to learning
• Pupils learn about different cultures and stay safe online

Areas for Improvement

• Leadership and management require improvement due to recent instability
• Some subjects have not yet established clear leadership or organization
• Curriculum gaps exist where leadership is not fully developed
• Need for stronger engagement with the community to rebuild trust

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Over Primary School attended 96.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.4% of pupils at Over Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Over Primary School had 21.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.3% of pupils at Over Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Over Primary School received £6,881 and spent £7,248 for each of its 196 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £109,000 (-£554 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Over Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Over Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Over Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Over Primary School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Over Primary School have?

Over Primary School has 196 pupils on roll.

What age range does Over Primary School cover?

Over Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Over Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 21% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Over Primary School?

Over Primary School is at Long Furlong, Over, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 5PG.