Pendragon Community Primary School

Pendragon Community Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a good rating in all areas of the inspection. The school fosters a positive learning environment where staff are dedicated to the mental well-being of pupils. Students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), enjoy a broad curriculum with ample opportunities for personal growth and development. Engagement from parents is generally positive, although some concerns have been raised regarding communication for parents of children with SEND. This marks the school's first routine inspection post-pandemic, and inspectors acknowledged the adjustments made in response to the challenges presented by COVID-19.

Strengths

• Staff care about their pupils and support their mental well-being.
• The school follows a well-designed curriculum that builds knowledge over time.
• Teachers provide effective opportunities that deepen pupil understanding.
• Pupils enjoy a range of high-quality personal development opportunities.
• The school prioritizes reading, and pupils demonstrate enthusiasm for literature.
• Pupils feel safe and behave well, with rare instances of bullying.
• Personalized support is provided for pupils with SEND, contributing to their success.

Areas for Improvement

• Some teachers lack detailed subject knowledge in a few foundation subjects.
• Communication with parents of pupils with SEND needs improvement.

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 Pendragon Community Primary School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.9% 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, 1.6% of pupils at Pendragon Community 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 Pendragon Community Primary School had 19.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.4% 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, 19.3% of pupils at Pendragon Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% 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 Pendragon Community Primary School received £7,591 and spent £7,799 for each of its 280 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £107,000 (£382 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 Pendragon Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Pendragon Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2022.

When was Pendragon Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Pendragon Community Primary School was last inspected in September 2022.

How many pupils does Pendragon Community Primary School have?

Pendragon Community Primary School has 290 pupils on roll.

What age range does Pendragon Community Primary School cover?

Pendragon Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 55% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Pendragon Community Primary School?

Pendragon Community Primary School is at Varrier-Jones Drive, Papworth Everard, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 3XQ.