Sawtry Infants' School
Ofsted: Not judgedCommunity school · Primary
Huntingdon · PE28 5SH · Cambridgeshire
Ages 4–7
- Absence4.4%
- FSM18.0%
- Demand1.05
0.3 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 136974
Sawtry Village Academy
Academy converter · Huntingdon · PE28 5TQ
Ages 11–18 · 1,101 pupils · Cambridgeshire
Ofsted
School remains Good
Attainment 8
49.4
Overall absence
8.0%
Admissions demand
1.17 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-10-11
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.56
−20+2
Attainment 849.4
English & maths grade 5+46%
English & maths grade 4+71%
EBacc entry44%
EBacc APS: 4.3
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)19.5%
Unauthorised1.9%
- Authorised absence
- 6.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.4%
- Enrolments in measure
- 871
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary 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
1.17 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
202
Places offered
173
1st-preference offers
169
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 286
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 173
- Applications from outside LA
- 3
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
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 fill92%
1,101 pupils · 1,200 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,101
- Boys / girls
- 559 / 542
- School capacity
- 1,200
- Capacity fill
- 1,101 / 1,200 (92%)
- Free school meals
- 20.7%
- FSM pupils
- 195
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: MERIDIAN TRUST
- Academy trust
- MERIDIAN TRUST
- Sponsor
- Meridian Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon Parsons
Location
- Address
- Fen Lane, Sawtry
- Postcode
- PE28 5TQ
- Town
- Huntingdon
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- District
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon
- 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 academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, 1,101 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 20.7%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Sawtry Junior Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Huntingdon · PE28 5SH · Cambridgeshire
Ages 7–11
- KS259%
- Absence6.0%
- FSM26.3%
0.3 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon Parsons
- Telephone
- 01487830701