Queen Emma Primary School

Queen Emma Primary School is performing well overall, maintaining a good standard of education since its previous inspection in 2017. The school fosters a diverse and welcoming environment where pupils enjoy learning and feel valued. With high expectations set by staff, pupils engage enthusiastically in their studies and demonstrate respect towards their peers and teachers. The curriculum is thoughtfully designed, ensuring pupils revisit key concepts to strengthen their understanding. However, while there are effective systems in place, some areas of curriculum delivery need further development, particularly in enhancing teachers' subject knowledge in newer subjects.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a diverse and welcoming community.
• High expectations for behaviour and learning across the school.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Strong relationships between pupils and staff.
• Engaged and supportive governing body.
• Well-defined routines in early years provision.

Areas for Improvement

• Some minor variability in teachers' subject knowledge in newly implemented curriculum areas.
• Less effective assessment practices in certain subjects.

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 Queen Emma Primary School attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.8% 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, 1.2% of pupils at Queen Emma Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Queen Emma Primary School had 23.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.9% 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, 6.6% of pupils at Queen Emma Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.3% 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 Queen Emma Primary School received £7,492 and spent £7,211 for each of its 371 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £364,000 (-£983 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 Queen Emma Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Queen Emma Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Queen Emma Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Queen Emma Primary School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Queen Emma Primary School have?

Queen Emma Primary School has 391 pupils on roll.

What age range does Queen Emma Primary School cover?

Queen Emma Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Queen Emma Primary School?

Queen Emma Primary School is at Gunhild Way, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 8QY.