Isleham Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Ely · CB7 5RZ · Cambridgeshire
Ages 4–11
- KS268%
- Absence6.1%
- FSM11.4%
- Demand1.17
2.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 110788
Fordham CofE Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Ely · CB7 5NL
Ages 4–11 · 413 pupils · Cambridgeshire
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
54%
Overall absence
5.9%
Admissions demand
0.93 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-04-25
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)54%
Higher standard (RWM)3%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)14.1%
Unauthorised1.0%
- Authorised absence
- 4.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.1%
- Enrolments in measure
- 369
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.93 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
56
Places offered
60
1st-preference offers
55
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 114
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 60
- Applications from outside LA
- 13
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 4
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill98%
413 pupils · 420 places
- Pupils on roll
- 413
- Boys / girls
- 227 / 186
- School capacity
- 420
- Capacity fill
- 413 / 420 (98%)
- Free school meals
- 12.6%
- FSM pupils
- 52
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Ely
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
- Headteacher
- Miss Deborah Rankin
Location
- Address
- Isleham Road, Fordham
- Postcode
- CB7 5NL
- Town
- Ely
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- District
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Ely, Cambridgeshire, 413 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 12.6%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Ely.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
St Andrew's CofE Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Ely · CB7 5AA · Cambridgeshire
Ages 3–11
- KS271%
- Absence5.5%
- FSM17.1%
- Demand1.33
2.6 miles away
The Weatheralls Primary School
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Soham · CB7 5BH · Cambridgeshire
Ages 3–11
- KS232%
- Absence6.5%
- FSM30.1%
- Demand0.57
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Deborah Rankin
- Telephone
- 01638720296