Hemingford Grey Primary School

Hemingford Grey Primary School remains a good institution where pupils enjoy their learning and feel safe and well-cared for. The school emphasizes well-being and respect, fostering a supportive environment for students. The curriculum is broad and ambitious, with a focus on important knowledge and vocabulary that starts early in the students' educational journey. Teachers excel at adapting lessons based on pupils' progress, particularly for those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), enabling them to learn alongside their peers effectively. Despite these strengths, the inspection highlighted an area for improvement where teachers occasionally do not check pupils' understanding thoroughly enough. This can lead to misconceptions persisting longer than necessary, potentially impacting the students’ overall learning progress. Overall, the school continues to provide a positive and enriching educational experience, maintaining its good status since the last inspection.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy attending and feel safe at the school.
• The school has a strong ethos of respect and togetherness.
• Teachers have high expectations and effectively support pupils with SEND.
• The curriculum is broad, ambitious, and well-structured.
• Reading is prioritized as essential to learning, with strong support and resources.

Areas for Improvement

• Teachers do not always check pupils' understanding thoroughly enough, leading to some misconceptions.

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 Hemingford Grey Primary School attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.9% 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, 0.4% of pupils at Hemingford Grey 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 Hemingford Grey Primary School had 19.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.4% 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, 12.3% of pupils at Hemingford Grey Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.2% 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 Hemingford Grey Primary School received £7,008 and spent £6,994 for each of its 244 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £54,000 (£222 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 Hemingford Grey Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hemingford Grey Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Hemingford Grey Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hemingford Grey Primary School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Hemingford Grey Primary School have?

Hemingford Grey Primary School has 244 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hemingford Grey Primary School cover?

Hemingford Grey Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hemingford Grey Primary School?

Hemingford Grey Primary School is at St Ives Road, Hemingford Grey, St. Ives Road, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 9DU.