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Linton Heights Junior School

Primary Ages 7-11 231 pupils Cambridge
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Linton Heights Junior School is an academy converter in Cambridge for pupils aged 7 to 11. It has 231 pupils on roll. In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 7-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Wheatsheaf Way
Linton
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB21 4XB
Phone 01223892210
Reference Number 143576

General Makeup

Number of pupils 231
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 45.89%
Girls: 54.11%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 24.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 4.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.9
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.9

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
3 25 33 58
4 20 27 47
5 32 31 63
6 29 34 63

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 79.2%
White, Other 4.8%
White & Asian 4.8%
Asian, Other 3%
White & Black (African) 1.7%
Mixed, Other 1.7%
Pakistani 0.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 12 Feb 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
12 Feb 2025 School inspection
15 Oct 2019 School inspection
10 Nov 2016 Academy conversion letter
26 Jun 2013 Full inspection:
Previously as Linton Heights Junior School
27 Jun 2011 Full inspection:
08 Jan 2008 Full inspection:
10 Feb 2007 Curriculum and development visit
03 Nov 2003 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 71%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 9%

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 106
Maths 105

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 2.5
Writing 1
Maths 1

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Average Scaled Score

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Linton Heights Junior School had 232 pupils for 240 places. 8 places (3.3%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Linton Rural 1 Primary” planning area

Cambridgeshire counted 101 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 113 in 2029–30, up 12%.

20172018201920212022202320242025
Places 239239239240240240240240
Pupils 238242235242235242251232
Unfilled 0.4%0.0%1.7%0.0%2.1%0.0%0.0%3.3%

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 Linton Heights Junior School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.7%2.2%2.1%4.9%4.7%4.6%4.5%
Unauthorised absence 0.4%0.3%0.3%0.6%0.5%0.6%0.5%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.0%1.7%

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, 0.4% of pupils at Linton Heights Junior School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 2.90.40.81.62.22.10.40.4
Permanent exclusions 00000000

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 Linton Heights Junior School had 22.2 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

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 16.117.717.020.119.018.119.125.514.411.9
Teachers who left state teaching 7.5%9.3%7.3%10.1%14.0%2.0%18.5%5.1%5.9%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –42.9%42.9%–30.8%61.5%58.3%38.5%57.1%–
Sick days per teacher –2.11.4–0.65.318.52.61.6–

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, 21.6% of pupils at Linton Heights Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Moderate learning difficulty 18 0
Social, emotional and mental health 13 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 3 4
No specialist assessment of need 5 0
Speech, language and communication needs 1 4
Physical disability 3 1
Specific learning difficulty 3 1
Other difficulty or disability 3 0
Hearing impairment 1 1

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 Linton Heights Junior School received £6,964 and spent £7,101 for each of its 233 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £44,000 (£190 per pupil).

Across all 22 schools of Anglian Learning, income was £7,678 and spending £7,759 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

201920212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £118,000£81,000£111,000£79,000£87,000£44,000
per pupil £501£334£477£334£350£190
In-year balance £30,000£1,000£92,000-£57,000-£63,000-£32,000
per pupil £127£4£397-£243-£255-£136

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.

Name Distance
Linton CofE Infant School
Church Lane, Linton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 4JX
0.41 miles
Great Abington Primary School
High Street, Abington, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 6AE
2.48 miles
Meadow Primary School
High Street, Balsham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 4DJ
2.57 miles
Ashdon Primary School
Bartlow Road, Ashdon, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 2HB
3.2 miles
Babraham CofE (VC) Primary School
High Street, Babraham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB22 3AG
4.02 miles
Castle Camps Church of England (Controlled) Primary School
Church Lane, Castle Camps, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 4TH
4.57 miles
Great Chesterford Church of England Primary Academy
School Street, Great Chesterford, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 1NN
4.62 miles
The Icknield Primary School
Lynton Way, Cambridge, CB22 3EA
4.95 miles
Name Distance
Linton Village College
Cambridge Road, Linton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 4JB
0.73 miles
Granta School
Cambridge Road, Linton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 4NN
0.75 miles

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Linton Heights Junior School is part of Anglian Learning, which runs 22 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Linton Heights Junior School have?

Linton Heights Junior School has 231 pupils on roll.

What age range does Linton Heights Junior School cover?

Linton Heights Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Linton Heights Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Linton Heights Junior School?

Linton Heights Junior School is at Wheatsheaf Way, Linton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 4XB.

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