Kennett Primary School

Kennett Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school since its last inspection. Pupils are engaged and enjoy their learning, demonstrating high standards across various subjects. The school fosters a nurturing environment where leaders prioritize continual growth and development, ensuring that all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), receive the support they need to thrive. Positive behaviour and good relationships among peers characterize the school's culture, contributing to a safe and respectful atmosphere for learning.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate high standards of work and a strong commitment to their learning.
• The school has a well-structured curriculum that supports effective teamwork and professional development.
• Pupils with SEND receive careful and tailored support, ensuring they are included in lessons.
• The school actively seeks and values pupils' opinions in improving their experience.
• Leaders are reflective and tenacious in driving school improvements, considering staff workload demands.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils do not consistently have the opportunity to deepen their knowledge before advancing in learning.
• Inconsistent teaching of new vocabulary affects pupils' writing quality.

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 Kennett Primary School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.0% 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, 0.9% of pupils at Kennett 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 Kennett Primary School had 21.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.0% 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, 19.2% of pupils at Kennett 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 2024–25 Kennett Primary School received £9,255 and spent £8,506 for each of its 109 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £275,000 (£2,521 per pupil).

Across all 22 schools of Anglian Learning, income was £7,678 and spending £7,759 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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Kennett Primary School is part of Anglian Learning, which runs 22 schools. The nearest others:

• The Pines Primary School Bury St. Edmunds
• Soham Village College Ely
• The Weatheralls Primary School Soham
• The Shade Primary School Ely
• Howard Community Academy Bury St Edmunds
• Bottisham Community Primary School Cambridge
• Bottisham Village College Cambridge
• Meadow Primary School Cambridge
• Marleigh Primary Academy Cambridge
• Fen Ditton Primary School Cambridge

What is Kennett Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Kennett Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Kennett Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Kennett Primary School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Kennett Primary School have?

Kennett Primary School has 130 pupils on roll.

What age range does Kennett Primary School cover?

Kennett Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

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

Where is Kennett Primary School?

Kennett Primary School is at Howe Hill Road, Kennett, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, CB8 7WL.