Marleigh Primary Academy

Marleigh Primary Academy is a growing primary school that has made a strong start since opening in 2022. Pupils are warm and welcoming to newcomers from around the world, behaviour is calm and positive, and staff have high expectations. The curriculum has been reviewed to make it ambitious and broad, reading is a clear priority, and pupils with SEND are identified and supported promptly. Attendance has improved greatly, and pupils benefit from a wide personal development offer including STEM activities, trips, sport and mental well-being support.

Strengths

• Pupils are warm, welcoming and celebrate diversity, helping new arrivals settle quickly.
• Behaviour around the school is positive and calm, supported by strong staff-pupil relationships.
• The curriculum is ambitious and broad, with clear sequencing from early years to Year 6.
• Reading is prioritised effectively, and pupils learn to read confidently and fluently.
• Pupils with SEND are identified promptly and receive well-matched support.
• Attendance has improved greatly through clear communication and work with families.
• Personal development is broad, including online safety, money management, healthy relationships and mental well-being support.
• STEM days and links with experts inspire pupils and raise awareness of future careers.
• Staff feel supported with workload and well-being, and parents are positive about the school.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• In a few subjects, tasks do not consistently build on pupils' prior learning, so pupils do not extend their knowledge and understanding as well as they could.
• This slows pupils' progress through the curriculum in those subjects.

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 Marleigh Primary Academy attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.9% 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 Marleigh Primary 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 Marleigh Primary Academy had 17.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 50.0% 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 Marleigh Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.6% 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 Marleigh Primary Academy received £8,787 and spent £10,389 for each of its 150 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £29,000 (£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

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

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

What is Marleigh Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Marleigh Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in April 2025.

When was Marleigh Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Marleigh Primary Academy was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Marleigh Primary Academy have?

Marleigh Primary Academy has 189 pupils on roll.

What age range does Marleigh Primary Academy cover?

Marleigh Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Marleigh Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Marleigh Primary Academy?

Marleigh Primary Academy is at Marleigh Avenue, Cambridge, CB5 8BG.