Guilden Morden CofE Primary Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Nr Royston · SG8 0JZ · Cambridgeshire
Ages 2–11
- Absence5.8%
- FSM18.3%
- Demand1.00
1.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Needs attentionURN 110793
Steeple Morden CofE VC Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Royston · SG8 0PD
Ages 4–11 · 141 pupils · Cambridgeshire
Ofsted
Needs attention
KS2 expected (RWM)
50%
Overall absence
7.2%
Admissions demand
0.91 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Needs attention
Inspection date
2026-04-21
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- InclusionNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Safeguarding standards: Met
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)50%
Higher standard (RWM)7%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 104.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)23.5%
Unauthorised1.4%
- Authorised absence
- 5.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.7%
- Enrolments in measure
- 149
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
0.91 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
20
Places offered
22
1st-preference offers
20
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 40
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 22
- Applications from outside LA
- 9
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 2
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 fill68%
141 pupils · 208 places
- Pupils on roll
- 141
- Boys / girls
- 63 / 78
- School capacity
- 208
- Capacity fill
- 141 / 208 (68%)
- Free school meals
- 12.8%
- FSM pupils
- 18
- 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 Alexandra Housden
Location
- Address
- 7 Hay Street, Steeple Morden
- Postcode
- SG8 0PD
- Town
- Royston
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- District
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire
- Urban/rural
- Smaller 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 voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Royston, Cambridgeshire, 141 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 12.8%. 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.
Ashwell Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardCommunity school · Primary
Baldock · SG7 5QL · Hertfordshire
Ages 3–11
- KS265%
- Absence3.9%
- FSM9.0%
- Demand1.07
2.2 miles away
Bassingbourn Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedCommunity school · Primary
Royston · SG8 5NP · Cambridgeshire
Ages 5–11
- KS215%
- Absence6.2%
- FSM24.8%
- Demand0.95
2.8 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alexandra Housden
- Telephone
- 01763852474