ClosedPrimaryURN 110813

Great Gidding CofE Primary School

Voluntary controlled school · Huntingdon · PE28 5NX

Ages 4–11 · 44 pupils · Cambridgeshire

Overall absence

8.7%

Absence

Academic year 2022/23. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.

Overall absence8.7%

Persistent absence (10%+)28.9%

Unauthorised3.1%

Authorised absence: 5.6%
Severe absence (50%+): 2.2%
Enrolments in measure: 45

Absence trend

2021/22

2022/23

Overall
Persistent (10%+)

Source: DfE pupil absence in schools in England

Admissions demand

Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2023/24 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.

1st preferences

Places offered

1st-preference offers

Total preferences (any rank): 10
Preferred offers (top 3): 0
Applications from outside LA: 1
Offers to outside-LA applicants: 0

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 (19 Jan 2023).

Capacity fill49%

44 pupils · 90 places

Pupils on roll: 44
Boys / girls: 23 / 21
School capacity: 90
Capacity fill: 44 / 90 (49%)

Free school meals: 22.7%
FSM pupils: 10
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: Mrs Suki Hinton

Location

Address: Main Street, Great Gidding
Postcode: PE28 5NX
Town: Huntingdon
County: Cambridgeshire
Local authority: Cambridgeshire
District: Huntingdonshire
Constituency: North West Cambridgeshire
Urban/rural: (England/Wales) Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings

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 Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, 44 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 22.7%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Ely.

Open schools in Huntingdon: 36
Primary schools in Huntingdon: 29
Academies among open schools in Huntingdon: 53% (19)
Open schools in PE28: 22
Primary in PE28: 18
Open schools in Cambridgeshire LA: 312
Primary in Cambridgeshire LA: 210

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Contact

Headteacher: Mrs Suki Hinton