Godmanchester Community Academy

Godmanchester Community Academy continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school since its last inspection in 2017. Pupils generally enjoy their school experience, demonstrating positive behaviours and engaging in a well-structured curriculum that supports their learning. The school promotes a culture of respect and is committed to ensuring all students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities, are provided with an accessible education. Strong leadership and a supportive environment contribute to a thriving school community where challenges such as bullying are taken seriously and effectively addressed.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate high standards of behaviour and respect.
• The curriculum provides a firm foundation for all subjects, especially in early years.
• Teachers effectively support pupils' learning with well-structured activities.
• Reading is prioritized, and interventions are in place for weaker readers.
• The PSHE curriculum is well-planned and engaging, promoting relevant topics.

Areas for Improvement

• Occasionally, selected activities do not effectively match intended learning outcomes.

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 Godmanchester Community Academy attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.5% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Godmanchester Community Academy 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 Godmanchester Community Academy had 22.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 26.1% 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, 6.7% of pupils at Godmanchester Community Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.0% 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 2024–25 Godmanchester Community Academy received £7,220 and spent £8,482 for each of its 414 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £101,000 (£244 per pupil).

Across all 17 schools of The Cam Academy Trust, income was £8,882 and spending £9,053 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Huntingdon · Cambridgeshire local authority: places and applications

Godmanchester Community Academy is part of The Cam Academy Trust, which runs 17 schools. The nearest others:

• Godmanchester Bridge Academy Godmanchester
• Hartford Infant and Preschool Huntingdon
• Hartford Junior School Huntingdon
• Hinchingbrooke School Huntingdon
• St Peter's School Huntingdon
• Thongsley Fields Primary and Nursery School Huntingdon
• Cromwell Academy Huntingdon
• Offord Primary School St Neots
• Spaldwick Primary School Huntingdon
• Cambourne Village College Cambridge

What is Godmanchester Community Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Godmanchester Community Academy is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was Godmanchester Community Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Godmanchester Community Academy was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Godmanchester Community Academy have?

Godmanchester Community Academy has 402 pupils on roll.

What age range does Godmanchester Community Academy cover?

Godmanchester Community Academy for pupils aged 5 to 11.

What are Godmanchester Community Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Godmanchester Community Academy?

Godmanchester Community Academy is at Park Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 2AG.