Academy sponsor led · Primary
St Neots · PE19 1NX · Cambridgeshire
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenOfsted: Standards maintainedURN 110951
Samuel Pepys School
Community special school · St Neots · PE19 2EZ
Ages 3–19 · 138 pupils · Cambridgeshire
Ofsted
Standards maintained
Overall absence
8.1%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2025-01-15
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)0%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 112.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 97.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)21.0%
Unauthorised0.8%
- Authorised absence
- 7.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.9%
- Enrolments in measure
- 105
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill84%
138 pupils · 165 places
- Pupils on roll
- 138
- Boys / girls
- 87 / 51
- School capacity
- 165
- Capacity fill
- 138 / 165 (84%)
- Free school meals
- 51.7%
- FSM pupils
- 62
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community special school
Age range
Ages 3–19
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
3 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Community special school
- Headteacher
- Ms Joanne Hardwick
Location
- Address
- Cromwell Road
- Postcode
- PE19 2EZ
- Town
- St Neots
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- District
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
SEN & specialist provision
As recorded in GIAS — provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community special school, Ages 3–19, in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, 138 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, sixth form, special school. Free school meals: 51.7%. SEN provision includes: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability….
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Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Joanne Hardwick
- Telephone
- 01480375012