Bassingbourn Primary School
Brook Road, Bassingbourn, Royston, SG8 5NP
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Amy Luu
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 326
- URN
- 110602
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01763242460
About this school
Bassingbourn Primary School is a community primary school in Royston. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 326 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Bassingbourn Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 61 | 60 | 56 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 49% | 15% | 52% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 0% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 60% | 66% |
| Expected standard in maths | 72% | 45% | 64% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 61% | 55% | 66% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 99.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Bassingbourn Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Cambridgeshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 49% | 56.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 15% | 55.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 52% | 57.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 386 |
| 2023/24 | 373 |
| 2024/25 | 365 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bassingbourn Primary School compares
Bassingbourn Primary School ranked 146th of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 52% | 4.9% | 20.3% | 326 | — |
| Roman Way Academy | — | 5.9% | 24% | 219 | 1.9 miles |
| Tannery Drift School | — | 3.4% | 9.7% | 320 | 2.2 miles |
| St Mary Roman Catholic Primary School | 69% | 4.6% | 7.7% | 227 | 2.4 miles |
| Icknield Walk First School | — | 4.2% | 10.1% | 335 | 2.7 miles |
| Steeple Morden CofE VC Primary School | 56% | 7.8% | 13.5% | 141 | 2.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 20.27%
- English as an additional language
- 4.7%
- Overall absence
- 4.94%
- Persistent absence
- 13.31%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Roman Way Academy1.9 miles
Primary · Royston
-
Tannery Drift School2.2 miles
Primary · Royston
-
St Mary Roman Catholic Primary School2.4 miles
Primary · Royston
-
Icknield Walk First School2.7 miles
Primary · Royston
-
Steeple Morden CofE VC Primary School2.8 miles
Primary · Royston
Other schools in Royston
Bassingbourn Primary School ranks 6th of the 9 ranked primary schools in Royston.
- Barley (VA) Church of England First School Primary
- Chrishall Holy Trinity and St Nicholas CofE (Aided) Primary School and Pre-School Primary
- Fowlmere Primary School Primary
- Icknield Walk First School Primary
- Melbourn Primary School Primary
- Petersfield CofE Aided Primary School Primary
- Reed First School Primary
- Roman Way Academy Primary
- St Mary Roman Catholic Primary School Primary
- Steeple Morden CofE VC Primary School Primary
- Studlands Rise First School Primary
- Tannery Drift School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Bassingbourn Primary School teach?
- Bassingbourn Primary School teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a primary school in Royston.
- Who is the headteacher of Bassingbourn Primary School?
- The headteacher of Bassingbourn Primary School is Headteacher Amy Luu, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Bassingbourn Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bassingbourn Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Bassingbourn Primary School?
- Bassingbourn Primary School has 326 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is Bassingbourn Primary School full?
- Bassingbourn Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 326 on roll (78%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Bassingbourn Primary School a faith school?
- No. Bassingbourn Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Bassingbourn Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Bassingbourn Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Bassingbourn Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 49% in 2022/23 and 52% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bassingbourn Primary School compare with other schools in Cambridgeshire?
- Bassingbourn Primary School ranked 146th of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bassingbourn Primary School's absence rate?
- Bassingbourn Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bassingbourn Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bassingbourn Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.