Kingsfield Primary School

Kingsfield Primary School has shown significant improvements since its previous inadequate grade. The school now operates effectively, providing good quality education across various domains including behaviour, personal development, and leadership. Pupils express enthusiasm for learning, feel safe and valued, and actively engage in school life. The school's motto fosters a positive environment, encouraging respect and safety among students. Leadership changes have been beneficial, fostering a cohesive team and enhancing the curriculum's planning and execution. However, the school faces challenges with a minority of pupils' attendance and some staff's confidence in teaching certain subjects, which affects overall pupil retention of knowledge.

Strengths

• Strong leadership has led to significant improvements in education quality.
• Curriculum is well-planned and prepares pupils effectively for secondary school.
• Pupils with SEND are well supported and have equal opportunities to succeed.
• Pupils enjoy their learning and feel safe and valued at school.
• Staff provide effective support for pupils' emotional well-being and safety.

Areas for Improvement

• Some teachers lack confidence in subject knowledge, affecting teaching quality.
• A small minority of pupils do not attend school frequently enough.
• Limited opportunities for pupils to understand different cultures.

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 Kingsfield Primary School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.3% 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, 2.3% of pupils at Kingsfield 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 Kingsfield Primary School had 18.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 29.5% 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, 13.8% of pupils at Kingsfield Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.5% 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 Kingsfield Primary School received £7,603 and spent £8,137 for each of its 308 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £367,000 (£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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Kingsfield Primary School is part of The Active Learning Trust Limited, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

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

What is Kingsfield Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Kingsfield Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2022.

When was Kingsfield Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Kingsfield Primary School was last inspected in September 2022.

How many pupils does Kingsfield Primary School have?

Kingsfield Primary School has 268 pupils on roll.

What age range does Kingsfield Primary School cover?

Kingsfield Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 45% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Kingsfield Primary School?

Kingsfield Primary School is at Burnsfield Street, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, PE16 6ET.