St Andrew's CofE Primary School

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Church of England
Address Sand Street
Soham
Ely
Cambridgeshire
CB7 5AA
Phone 01353720345
Reference Number 141552

St Andrew’s CofE Primary School maintains its status as a good school, providing a supportive and nurturing environment where pupils are eager to learn. The school exhibits notable strengths in its reading program, with strong early years education and effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Pupils generally behave well and feel safe, and the curriculum is well-structured, leading to confident and engaged learners. However, there are areas where the implementation of the curriculum is not as strong, resulting in gaps in knowledge for some pupils, and a concerning level of absence from school that affects learning outcomes.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 460
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.26%
Girls: 46.74%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 15.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 14.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.8
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29.9

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 32 27 59
2 33 26 59
3 33 27 60
4 28 33 61
5 31 29 60
6 31 27 58

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 76.3%
White, Other 12.6%
Mixed, Other 3%
White & Black (African) 1.5%
White & Asian 1.3%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.1%
Unclassified 1.1%
African 0.7%
Asian, Other 0.7%
Indian 0.4%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 13 Mar 2023
Date Report
13 Mar 2023 School inspection
11 Oct 2017 Full inspection:
05 Nov 2014 Academy conversion letter
27 Jun 2013 Full inspection:
Previously as St Andrew's CofE Primary School
27 Jun 2013 Full inspection:
29 Apr 2010 Full inspection:
29 Apr 2010 Full inspection:
23 Jan 2007 Full inspection:
23 Jan 2007 Full inspection:
26 Nov 2001 Full inspection
26 Nov 2001 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupils are enthusiastic, confident, and happy in a nurturing environment.
  • Strong focus on reading, with effective phonics training for teachers.
  • Leaders quickly identify and support pupils who are falling behind.
  • Well-planned curriculum from Nursery to Year 6 that builds on prior knowledge.
  • High expectations for pupils with special educational needs.
  • Access to a wide range of extra-curricular activities that enrich learning.

Areas for Improvement

  • Some curriculum areas are not as effectively embedded, leading to gaps in pupils' knowledge.
  • Too many pupils miss school, which affects their learning and achievement.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 75%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 2%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 107
Maths 107

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 2
Writing 0.4
Maths 2.5

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Average Scaled Score

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Progress Scores

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 30 3
Third Preference 15 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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