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Burrowmoor Primary Academy

Primary Ages 2-11 326 pupils March
Ofsted: Inadequate
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Burrowmoor Primary Academy is an academy converter in March for pupils aged 2 to 11. It has 326 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Burrowmoor Primary Academy is Inadequate, from an inspection in June 2022 of its predecessor, Burrowmoor Primary School. In 2025, 32% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Attendance is a concern: pupils missed 7.8% of sessions in 2024/25 (the national figure for primary schools is 5.2%), and 24% of pupils were persistently absent. It suspends pupils far more often than most primary schools: 4.1 in every 100 pupils were suspended at least once in 2024/25, against 1.1 nationally.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 2-11
Religion Unknown
Address Burrowmoor Road
March
Cambridgeshire
PE15 9RP
Phone 01354652330
Reference Number 150374

General Makeup

Number of pupils 326
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 46.63%
Girls: 53.37%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 43.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 16.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.9
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 25
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 14 24 38
2 24 15 39
3 16 16 32
4 24 24 48
5 20 31 51
6 30 28 58

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 74.2%
White, Other 8.9%
Asian, Other 3.7%
Mixed, Other 2.5%
Unclassified 2.1%
White & Black (African) 2.1%
White & Asian 1.8%
African 1.2%
Indian 0.6%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Burrowmoor Primary School, inspected in June 2022.

Overall Ofsted Rating Inadequate
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 32%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

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 100
Maths 98

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Average Scaled Score

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Progress Scores

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 25 6
Third Preference 11 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Burrowmoor Primary Academy had 297 pupils for 420 places. 123 places (29.3%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “March Town 1 Primary” planning area

Cambridgeshire counted 211 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 256 in 2029–30, up 21%.

20242025
Places 420420
Pupils 298297
Unfilled 29.0%29.3%

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 Burrowmoor Primary Academy attended 92.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 24.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20242025
Authorised absence 7.4%6.2%
Unauthorised absence 2.2%1.6%
Severely absent pupils 7.8%5.2%

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, 4.1% of pupils at Burrowmoor Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 10.320.6
Permanent exclusions 01

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 Burrowmoor Primary Academy had 25.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 9.08.5
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 58.3%–
Sick days per teacher 1.8–

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, 18.4% of pupils at Burrowmoor Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 26 6
Social, emotional and mental health 17 1
Specific learning difficulty 9 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 0 4
No specialist assessment of need 4 0
Moderate learning difficulty 3 0
Physical disability 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 Burrowmoor Primary Academy received £6,654 and spent £7,148 for each of its 326 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £65,000 (-£200 per pupil).

Across all 15 schools of The Diamond Learning Partnership Trust, income was £7,117 and spending £7,316 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve -£65,000
per pupil -£200
In-year balance -£161,000
per pupil -£494

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
Cavalry Primary School
Cavalry Drive, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 9EQ
0.61 miles
Westwood Primary School
Maple Grove, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 8JT
0.66 miles
All Saints Interchurch Academy
County Road, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 8ND
0.87 miles
Thomas Eaton Primary Academy
Church Street, Wimblington, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0QS
2.59 miles
Lionel Walden Primary School
High Street, Doddington, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0TF
3.52 miles
Guyhirn CofE VC Primary School
High Road, Guyhirn, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 4ED
4.69 miles
Townley Primary School
Crown Road, Christchurch, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE14 9NA
4.84 miles
Name Distance
Neale-Wade Academy
Wimblington Road, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 9PX
0.66 miles
The Sage School
19c Longhill Road, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0BL
1.85 miles

All schools in March · Cambridgeshire local authority: places and applications

Burrowmoor Primary Academy is part of The Diamond Learning Partnership Trust, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

What is Burrowmoor Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Burrowmoor Primary Academy is Inadequate, from an inspection in June 2022 of its predecessor, Burrowmoor Primary School.

How many pupils does Burrowmoor Primary Academy have?

Burrowmoor Primary Academy has 326 pupils on roll.

What age range does Burrowmoor Primary Academy cover?

Burrowmoor Primary Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 32% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Burrowmoor Primary Academy?

Burrowmoor Primary Academy is at Burrowmoor Road, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 9RP.

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