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Trumpington Meadows Primary School

Primary · Foundation school · Mixed · Cambridgeshire

Kestrel Rise, Cambridge, CB2 9AY

Website 01223840299

67

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

100%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

93.6%

19.8% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

244

Capacity used

Has space

90%

270 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

100%

1st preference success rate

24 of 24 families who put it first got an offer

28

Places offered

50

Total applications

1.8

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference2424● 100%
2nd preference30● 0%
3rd preference232● 9%
Total502652%

1st preference success by year

100%
2020
100%
2021
82%
2022
100%
2023
80%
2024
100%
2025

Cambridgeshire lets families list 3 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type
Foundation school
Phase
Primary
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Sixth form
No
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Jemma Calverley
Address
Kestrel Rise, Trumpington, Cambridge, CB2 9AY
Phone
01223840299
Local authority
Cambridgeshire
Ward / constituency
Harston & Comberton · South Cambridgeshire
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
136802

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals41%——
English as additional language32%——
SEN support25%——
48% boys (117)52% girls (127)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

244 pupils · 270 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 23

    08 June 2023

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Good
View all Ofsted reports

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 227 pupils

Attendance

93.6%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

6.4%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

19.8%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

0.4%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

1.7%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

8%
20/21
31%
21/22
27%
22/23
18%
23/24
20%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

Primary results (Key Stage 2)

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Expected standard in reading, writing & maths67%——
Higher standard8%——
Reading progress——0.0
Writing progress——0.0
Maths progress——0.0

Primary results by subject (SATs)

Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England

Reading, writing & maths combined

Expected standard63%
+1% vs England
Higher standard4%
-4% vs England

Reading

Expected standard74%
-1% vs England
Higher standard26%
-7% vs England
Average score105
-1 vs England

Writing

Expected standard70%
-2% vs England
Greater depth4%
-9% vs England

Maths

Expected standard81%
+7% vs England
Higher standard19%
-7% vs England
Average score105
+0 vs England

Grammar, punctuation & spelling

Expected standard74%
+1% vs England
Higher standard22%
-8% vs England
Average score103
-2 vs England

Science

Expected standard85%
+3% vs England

England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).

Primary results over time

552019452023672024632025

Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Expected standard (RWM)63%61%
Higher standard4%8%

House prices near the school

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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.