Girton Glebe Primary School

Girton Glebe Primary School demonstrates good overall effectiveness, excelling in various domains including the quality of education, behavior, personal development, leadership, and management. This is the first inspection following the school’s opening under the new multi-academy trust, and the positive findings indicate a strong foundation with an ambitious curriculum that is being effectively implemented. The supportive community environment fosters pride and safety among pupils, contributing to a motivating learning atmosphere.

Strengths

• Ambitious curriculum designed with clear knowledge and skills progression.
• Strong subject knowledge among teachers aided by effective training.
• Pupils are happy, motivated, and demonstrate pride in their school.
• Positive relationships and respectful interactions among pupils.
• Good support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.
• Effective safeguarding arrangements are in place.

Areas for Improvement

• Need for more detailed information to governors to improve accountability in behavior and attendance.
• Curriculum impact analysis by curriculum leaders still in development.

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 Girton Glebe Primary School attended 96.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.1% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Girton Glebe 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 Girton Glebe Primary School had 23.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 25.0% 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, 11.1% of pupils at Girton Glebe Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.8% 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 Girton Glebe Primary School received £6,879 and spent £7,662 for each of its 185 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £568,000 (-£3,071 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of Eastern Learning Alliance, income was £9,220 and spending £9,179 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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Girton Glebe Primary School is part of Eastern Learning Alliance, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• The Cavendish School Impington
• Impington Village College Cambridge
• Chesterton Community College Cambridge
• Cambridge Maths School Cambridge
• Witchford Village College Ely
• Vista Academy Littleport Ely
• Downham Market Academy Downham Market

What is Girton Glebe Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Girton Glebe Primary School is Good, from an inspection in October 2022.

When was Girton Glebe Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Girton Glebe Primary School was last inspected in October 2022.

How many pupils does Girton Glebe Primary School have?

Girton Glebe Primary School has 189 pupils on roll.

What age range does Girton Glebe Primary School cover?

Girton Glebe Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

What are Girton Glebe Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Girton Glebe Primary School?

Girton Glebe Primary School is at Cambridge Road, Girton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 0PN.