Chesterton Primary School

Chesterton Primary School continues to maintain effective standards, building on its previous good judgment despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pupils feel safe and valued in a supportive environment where they are encouraged to make positive choices. Their behavior and attendance have shown notable improvement, and the school emphasizes a well-organized, ambitious curriculum that prepares students effectively for secondary education. However, there are areas where the implementation of the curriculum has not yet reached its full potential due to teachers developing their subject knowledge.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate strong core values of respect, resilience, and safety.
• There is a supportive and nurturing environment where pupils feel cared for.
• High attendance rates with effective systems in place to encourage daily attendance.
• A well-structured phonics program supports early reading development.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Staff are dedicated and proud to work at the school, feeling included in the improvement journey.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects in the curriculum are not fully implemented, leading to gaps in teachers' subject knowledge.
• Pupils struggle to remember key knowledge and vocabulary in less established 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 Chesterton Primary School attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.3% 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, 1.8% of pupils at Chesterton 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 Chesterton Primary School had 17.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 27.0% 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, 15.6% of pupils at Chesterton Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% 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 Chesterton Primary School received £7,946 and spent £7,871 for each of its 167 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £199,000 (£1,192 per pupil).

Across all 18 schools of The Active Learning Trust Limited, income was £8,366 and spending £8,624 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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Chesterton Primary School is part of The Active Learning Trust Limited, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

• Earith Primary School Huntingdon
• Highfield Ely Academy Ely
• Isle of Ely Primary School Ely
• Cromwell Community College Chatteris
• Kingsfield Primary School Chatteris
• Highfield Littleport Academy Ely
• Neale-Wade Academy March
• Gusford Community Primary School Ipswich
• Chantry Academy Ipswich
• Hillside Primary School Ipswich

What is Chesterton Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Chesterton Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Chesterton Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Chesterton Primary School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Chesterton Primary School have?

Chesterton Primary School has 173 pupils on roll.

What age range does Chesterton Primary School cover?

Chesterton Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 42% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Chesterton Primary School?

Chesterton Primary School is at Green End Road, Chesterton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 1RW.