St Andrew's CofE Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Ely · CB7 5AA · Cambridgeshire
Ages 3–11
- KS271%
- Absence5.5%
- FSM17.1%
- Demand1.33
0.6 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Requires improvementURN 143941
The Weatheralls Primary School
Academy sponsor led · Soham · CB7 5BH
Ages 3–11 · 342 pupils · Cambridgeshire
Ofsted
Requires improvement
KS2 expected (RWM)
32%
Overall absence
6.5%
Admissions demand
0.57 · Often has places
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Requires improvement
Inspection date
2023-10-18
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)32%
Higher standard (RWM)4%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 102.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.5%
Persistent absence (10%+)18.9%
Unauthorised1.2%
- Authorised absence
- 5.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.3%
- Enrolments in measure
- 366
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
0.57 · Often has places
1st preferences
16
Places offered
37
1st-preference offers
16
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 54
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 28
- Applications from outside LA
- 2
- 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 fill54%
342 pupils · 630 places
- Pupils on roll
- 342
- Boys / girls
- 171 / 171
- School capacity
- 630
- Capacity fill
- 342 / 630 (54%)
- Free school meals
- 30.1%
- FSM pupils
- 103
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: ANGLIAN LEARNING
- Academy trust
- ANGLIAN LEARNING
- Sponsor
- Anglian Learning
- Headteacher
- Mrs Ruchi Sabharwal
Location
- Address
- Pratt Street
- Postcode
- CB7 5BH
- Town
- Soham
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- District
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from 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 sponsor led (primary), Ages 3–11, in Soham, Cambridgeshire, 342 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 30.1%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
The Shade Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Ely · CB7 5DE · Cambridgeshire
Ages 2–11
- KS224%
- Absence5.4%
- FSM16.4%
- Demand1.17
1.1 miles away
Fordham CofE Primary School
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Ely · CB7 5NL · Cambridgeshire
Ages 4–11
- KS254%
- Absence5.9%
- FSM12.6%
- Demand0.93
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Ruchi Sabharwal
- Telephone
- 01353720456