Sawtry Junior Academy

Sawtry Junior Academy has made significant improvements since becoming an academy, demonstrating effective leadership and a stable teaching staff. With strong policies in place, the school offers a safe environment where students feel secure and are engaged in their learning. The quality of education is notable, especially in core subjects such as English, mathematics, and science, where pupils make good progress, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds and those with special educational needs.

Strengths

• Stable leadership has improved staff morale.
• Effective teaching leading to good progress in core subjects.
• Pupils feel safe and report low levels of bullying.
• High engagement in discussions and constructive communication among pupils.
• A well-structured approach to reading and mathematics.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum is not fully developed in some subjects.
• Lack of clarity in what pupils should learn in history, geography, art, design technology, computing, and languages.

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 Sawtry Junior Academy attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.5% 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, 2.2% of pupils at Sawtry Junior 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 Sawtry Junior Academy had 22.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 22.3% 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, 20.1% of pupils at Sawtry Junior Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.3% 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 Sawtry Junior Academy received £6,377 and spent £5,912 for each of its 272 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £435,000 (£1,599 per pupil).

Across all 36 schools of Meridian Trust, income was £7,921 and spending £7,857 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 Huntingdon · Cambridgeshire local authority: places and applications

Sawtry Junior Academy is part of Meridian Trust, which runs 36 schools. The nearest others:

• Sawtry Village Academy Huntingdon
• Abbey College, Ramsey Ramsey
• Nene Park Academy Peterborough
• Orton Wistow Primary School Peterborough
• Woodston Primary School Peterborough
• Nene Valley Primary School Peterborough
• West Town Primary Academy Peterborough
• NeneGate Peterborough
• Greater Peterborough UTC Peterborough
• Somersham Primary School Somersham

What is Sawtry Junior Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Sawtry Junior Academy is Good, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Sawtry Junior Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Sawtry Junior Academy was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Sawtry Junior Academy have?

Sawtry Junior Academy has 274 pupils on roll.

What age range does Sawtry Junior Academy cover?

Sawtry Junior Academy for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Sawtry Junior Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Sawtry Junior Academy?

Sawtry Junior Academy is at Middlefield Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 5SH.