Trumpington Park Primary School

Trumpington Park Primary is a highly inclusive and diverse school where pupils settle quickly and feel safe, including many who join at different points and speak 52 different languages. Early years provision is a standout strength, with a meticulously designed curriculum, highly skilled staff and strong outcomes for children, including those with language, communication or social and emotional needs. Most other areas are strong: behaviour is exemplary, attendance is improving, the curriculum is ambitious and well adapted, inclusion is central, and leadership and governance are reflective and rigorous. Achievement is the area with the most room for development, although pupils achieve well overall and disadvantaged pupils perform in line with disadvantaged peers nationally. Pupils benefit from positive relationships, high-quality teaching and an extensive personal development offer, including extra-curricular activities and leadership roles. Safeguarding standards are met. The school is part of Meridian Trust and has grown significantly since opening in 2017, with a pupil population that includes above-average proportions of pupils with EHC plans and many pupils facing barriers related to language, disadvantage or SEND. The main priorities are to continue improving Year 6 attainment at the expected standard, including for disadvantaged pupils, and to keep reducing absence so that all pupils can benefit from the school’s rich offer.

Strengths

• Early years provision is meticulously designed and highly effective.
• Children in Reception make rapid progress and are exceptionally well prepared for Year 1.
• Staff build warm, trusting relationships with pupils and families.
• Pupils’ behaviour is exemplary and learning is rarely disrupted.
• Attendance is improving and persistent absence is below the national average.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well adapted to pupils’ needs.
• Teaching is consistently strong, with effective vocabulary and retrieval practice.
• Inclusion is a central strength, with early identification and effective support for SEND and disadvantaged pupils.
• Leadership and governance are highly reflective and rigorous.
• Personal development is comprehensive, with a wide extra-curricular offer and leadership roles.
• Safeguarding standards are met and pupils feel safe.
• The school is highly inclusive and helps pupils from diverse backgrounds settle quickly.

Areas for Improvement

• Year 6 attainment at the expected standard, including for disadvantaged pupils, needs to continue improving.
• Attendance and absence rates, while improving, should continue to reduce so all pupils benefit from the school’s offer.

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 Trumpington Park Primary School attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.0% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Trumpington Park Primary School 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 Trumpington Park Primary School had 18.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.5% 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, 13.0% of pupils at Trumpington Park Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.3% 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 Trumpington Park Primary School received £6,364 and spent £6,767 for each of its 417 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £819,000 (£1,963 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 Cambridge · Cambridgeshire local authority: places and applications

Trumpington Park Primary School is part of Meridian Trust, which runs 36 schools. The nearest others:

• North Cambridge Academy Cambridge
• Histon and Impington Brook Primary School Cambridge
• Histon and Impington Park Primary School Cambridge
• Bar Hill Community Primary School Cambridge
• Northstowe Learning Community Cambridge
• The Martin Bacon Academy Northstowe
• Hatton Park Primary School Cambridge
• Swavesey Village College Cambridge
• The Harbour School Ely
• Somersham Primary School Somersham

What is Trumpington Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Trumpington Park Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in September 2026.

When was Trumpington Park Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Trumpington Park Primary School was last inspected in September 2026.

How many pupils does Trumpington Park Primary School have?

Trumpington Park Primary School has 415 pupils on roll.

What age range does Trumpington Park Primary School cover?

Trumpington Park Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Trumpington Park Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Trumpington Park Primary School?

Trumpington Park Primary School is at Hobson Avenue, Trumpington, Trumpington, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 9EG.