St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots

St Mary’s Church of England Primary School in St Neots continues to show effective action in maintaining the standards set during its previous inspection. The school fosters a caring environment where students feel valued as individuals, promoting a culture of respect and eagerness to learn. The curriculum is well-structured, allowing most pupils to thrive academically while also integrating important values such as kindness and acceptance.

Strengths

• The school maintains a calm and orderly environment conducive to learning.
• Pupils are known well as individuals and speak kindly to one another.
• Teachers demonstrate good subject knowledge and engage pupils effectively.
• Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) support is strong and tailored.
• Pupils' reading skills are supported effectively from an early age.
• High pupil attendance reflects a strong appreciation for education.
• Opportunities for extracurricular activities enhance pupil confidence and skills.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment of pupil understanding is inconsistent, leading to unaddressed misconceptions.

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 St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.0% 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, 1.4% of pupils at St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots 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 St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots had 16.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.8% 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, 13.2% of pupils at St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots 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 St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots received £10,083 and spent £9,475 for each of its 68 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £36,000 (£530 per pupil).

Across all 5 schools of Act Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,445 and spending £7,474 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 St Neots · Cambridgeshire local authority: places and applications

St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots is part of Act Multi Academy Trust, which runs 5 schools. The nearest others:

• Buckden CofE Primary School St Neots
• Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy Cambridge
• Saint Michael CofE Primary School Peterborough
• Burrough Green CofE Primary Academy Newmarket

What is St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots is Good, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots last inspected by Ofsted?

St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots have?

St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots has 68 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots cover?

St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots for pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots?

St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots is at Wintringham Road, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 1NX.