St Pauls CofE VA Primary School

St Pauls CofE VA Primary School demonstrates a strong performance overall, showcasing notable strengths in safeguarding, pupil well-being, and a commitment to inclusive education. The school has cultivated an environment where pupils feel safe, valued, and eager to learn. Leaders understand the importance of timely support for both academic and behavioral issues, promoting a community-oriented culture. However, the school faces challenges in writing, particularly for disadvantaged pupils, who do not consistently apply their knowledge of vocabulary and sentence structures, limiting their outcomes in this area. Despite this, many pupils excel in other subjects, especially reading and mathematics.

Strengths

• Strong culture of safeguarding ensuring pupils feel safe.
• High priority given to reading, with pupils enjoying and improving their reading skills.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Positive behavior management creating a calm learning environment.
• Leaders provide effective professional development for staff.

Areas for Improvement

• Disadvantaged pupils struggle to apply vocabulary and writing skills.
• Inconsistent quality of staff interactions in early years.

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 St Pauls CofE VA Primary School attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.3% 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, 2.0% of pupils at St Pauls CofE VA 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 St Pauls CofE VA Primary School had 18.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.2% 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, 17.1% of pupils at St Pauls CofE VA 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 St Pauls CofE VA Primary School received £7,362 and spent £7,632 for each of its 152 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £217,000 (£1,425 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 St Pauls CofE VA Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Pauls CofE VA Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was St Pauls CofE VA Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Pauls CofE VA Primary School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does St Pauls CofE VA Primary School have?

St Pauls CofE VA Primary School has 152 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Pauls CofE VA Primary School cover?

St Pauls CofE VA Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are St Pauls CofE VA Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 38% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Pauls CofE VA Primary School?

St Pauls CofE VA Primary School is at Coronation Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 1HJ.