The Icknield Primary School

The Icknield Primary School is a safe, inclusive and high-performing primary school where pupils behave respectfully and benefit from caring relationships with staff. The curriculum is broad, ambitious and well structured, pupils achieve well in national tests, and phonics and reading support are particularly strong. Early years provides secure foundations, while personal development stands out through PSHE, wellbeing support, enrichment, citizenship projects and careers opportunities. Leadership is a significant strength, with the Anglian Learning trust providing effective expertise, challenge and support that has driven improvement since the previous inspection. Staff value the training and attention to workload and wellbeing. Pupils with SEND are generally identified well and supported effectively in class, but the school rightly recognises that it must involve parents more fully in reviewing SEND provision so that home perspectives shape the support their children receive. Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Strengths

• Safe and inclusive environment with trusted adults and strong school values
• Pupils behave respectfully and receive empathetic, proactive support
• Broad, ambitious and well-structured curriculum
• Pupils achieve well in national tests and retain knowledge across the curriculum
• Highly effective, consistent phonics teaching and targeted reading support
• Strong early years foundations that prepare children well for future learning
• Rich personal development through PSHE, wellbeing support and citizenship projects
• Wide range of clubs, trips, careers week and leadership opportunities
• High participation of disadvantaged pupils in enrichment activities
• Effective identification of SEND and tailored classroom support
• Strong leadership and highly effective trust support driving improvement
• Attendance improving through close work with families
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• Parents of some pupils with SEND are not fully involved in reviewing support
• Support for some pupils with SEND does not fully reflect both school and home perspectives

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 The Icknield Primary School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.4% 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 The Icknield 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 The Icknield Primary School had 23.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 15.3% of pupils at The Icknield Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.3% 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 The Icknield Primary School received £7,348 and spent £7,680 for each of its 196 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £37,000 (£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

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

The Icknield Primary School is part of Anglian Learning, which runs 22 schools. The nearest others:

• Sawston Village College Cambridge
• Stapleford Community Primary School Cambridge
• The Netherhall School Cambridge
• Linton Village College Cambridge
• Linton Heights Junior School Cambridge
• Meadow Primary School Cambridge
• Marleigh Primary Academy Cambridge
• Fen Ditton Primary School Cambridge
• Bottisham Community Primary School Cambridge
• Bottisham Village College Cambridge

What is The Icknield Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Icknield Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2025.

When was The Icknield Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

The Icknield Primary School was last inspected in July 2025.

How many pupils does The Icknield Primary School have?

The Icknield Primary School has 222 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Icknield Primary School cover?

The Icknield Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are The Icknield Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is The Icknield Primary School?

The Icknield Primary School is at Lynton Way, Cambridge, CB22 3EA.