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Over Primary School

Community school · Cambridge · CB24 5PG

Ages 4–11 · 196 pupils · Cambridgeshire

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Ofsted

Requires improvement

KS2 expected (RWM)

31%

Overall absence

4.9%

Admissions demand

1.00 · Balanced demand

Ofsted

Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.

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Headline

Requires improvement

Inspection date

2024-03-19

Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective
Yes

Source: Ofsted monthly management information

Performance

Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.

Key stage 2 (2023/24)

Expected standard (RWM)31%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
Avg scaled score — reading
104.0
Avg scaled score — maths
101.0
Avg scaled score — GPS
103.0

Source: DfE school and college performance tables

Absence

Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.

Overall absence4.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)13.7%
Unauthorised0.9%
Authorised absence
4.0%
Severe absence (50%+)
0.5%
Enrolments in measure
183

Absence trend

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

  • Overall
  • Persistent (10%+)

Source: DfE pupil absence in schools in England

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

1.00 · Balanced demand

1st preferences

30

Places offered

30

1st-preference offers

30

Total preferences (any rank)
52
Preferred offers (top 3)
30
Applications from outside LA
0
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 (15 Jan 2026).

Capacity fill78%

196 pupils · 250 places

Pupils on roll
196
Boys / girls
99 / 97
School capacity
250
Capacity fill
196 / 250 (78%)
Free school meals
14.8%
FSM pupils
29
Gender
Mixed
School type
Community school

Age range

Ages 4–11

05111619

Provision

Official GIAS characteristics

0 / 6

  • Nursery
  • Sixth form
  • Boarding
  • Special school
  • Independent
  • Academy

School characteristics

Special classes
No Special Classes
Governance
Community school
Headteacher
Mrs Emma Clayton

Location

Address
Long Furlong, Over
Postcode
CB24 5PG
Town
Cambridge
County
Cambridgeshire
Local authority
Cambridgeshire
District
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
Urban/rural
Larger rural: Nearer to 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 community school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, 196 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 14.8%.

Open schools in Cambridge
127
Primary schools in Cambridge
78
Academies among open schools in Cambridge
35% (44)
Open schools in CB24
21
Primary in CB24
11
Open schools in Cambridgeshire LA
312
Primary in Cambridgeshire LA
210

Nearby primary schools

Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.

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    • Absence4.7%
    • FSM6.8%
    • Demand1.00

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    • Absence4.1%
    • FSM27.2%
    • Demand0.98

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    • KS278%
    • Absence4.2%
    • FSM12.4%
    • Demand1.46

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  • Pathfinder CofE Primary School

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    • FSM21.3%
    • Demand0.95

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  • Hatton Park Primary School

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    • Absence5.3%
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  • Fen Drayton Primary School

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    Ages 4–11

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    • Absence4.3%
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  • Earith Primary School

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    • KS246%
    • Absence4.1%
    • FSM17.8%
    • Demand1.00

    2.9 miles away

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Contact

Headteacher
Mrs Emma Clayton
Telephone
01954273332
Website
overprimary.org

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