Ermine Street Church Academy

Ermine Street Church Academy is performing well, having maintained its previously recognized high standards. Pupils enjoy their time at school, develop positive relationships with staff, and understand the school's values, such as respect and responsibility. The school's ambitious curriculum supports students in recalling their learning effectively and ensures that all pupils, including those with special educational needs, receive appropriate support. However, communication with parents regarding SEND provisions needs improvement to ensure parents feel informed about the support their children are receiving. This ungraded inspection serves as the first review since the school was last rated good, highlighting effective actions taken by the staff and trust to sustain educational quality.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy school and feel safe.
• Positive relationships exist between pupils and staff.
• The curriculum is ambitious, well-designed, and effectively sequenced.
• Strong subject knowledge among teachers enhances pupil understanding.
• Effective support for pupils at risk of falling behind.
• The school promotes reading for pleasure with a new library.
• Opportunities for personal development are abundant, including sports and music.
• Staff well-being is prioritized, and workload is managed effectively.

Areas for Improvement

• Communication with parents regarding SEND provisions is not clear.

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 Ermine Street Church Academy attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.6% 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, 2.8% of pupils at Ermine Street Church 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 Ermine Street Church Academy had 23.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.6% 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, 11.5% of pupils at Ermine Street Church Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.5% 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 Ermine Street Church Academy received £6,211 and spent £5,401 for each of its 322 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £0 (£0 per pupil).

Across all 38 schools of Grace Schools, income was £7,113 and spending £6,207 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 Huntingdonshire · Cambridgeshire local authority: places and applications

Ermine Street Church Academy is part of Grace Schools, which runs 38 schools. The nearest others:

• St John's CofE Primary School Huntingdon
• Bury CofE Primary School Huntingdon
• Holme CofE Primary School Peterborough
• Stilton Church of England Primary Academy Peterborough
• William de Yaxley Church of England Academy Peterborough
• Farcet CofE (C) Primary School Peterborough
• St Botolph's Church of England Primary School Peterborough
• Stanground St Johns CofE Primary School Peterborough
• Pathfinder CofE Primary School Cambridge
• Oakington CofE Primary School Cambridge

What is Ermine Street Church Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ermine Street Church Academy is Good, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Ermine Street Church Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Ermine Street Church Academy was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Ermine Street Church Academy have?

Ermine Street Church Academy has 338 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ermine Street Church Academy cover?

Ermine Street Church Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Ermine Street Church Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 84% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ermine Street Church Academy?

Ermine Street Church Academy is at 2 Swynford Road, Alconbury Weald, PE28 4XG.