Fowlmere Primary School
The Butts, Fowlmere, Royston, SG8 7SL
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Janet Muir
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 120
- Pupils on roll
- 73
- URN
- 110607
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01763208203
About this school
Fowlmere Primary School is a community primary school in Royston. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 73 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Fowlmere 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 10 | 16 | 12 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% | 31% | 25% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 13% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 80% | 81% | 58% |
| Expected standard in maths | 70% | 56% | 42% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 69% | 42% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 105.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 102.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.20 | - | - |
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 Fowlmere 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 | 60% | 56.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 31% | 55.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 25% | 57.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 90 |
| 2023/24 | 87 |
| 2024/25 | 77 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Fowlmere Primary School compares
Fowlmere Primary School ranked 193rd of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 97% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 25% | 3.3% | 10.4% | 73 | — |
| Thriplow CofE Primary School | 75% | 2.9% | 13.1% | 105 | 1.4 miles |
| Foxton Primary School | 67% | 8.7% | 25% | 79 | 1.6 miles |
| Melbourn Primary School | 62% | 3.9% | 22.1% | 357 | 2.3 miles |
| Meldreth Primary School | 79% | 4.3% | 18.3% | 194 | 2.6 miles |
| Barrington CofE VC Primary School | 40% | 5.8% | 14.6% | 174 | 2.9 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 10.39%
- English as an additional language
- 7.8%
- Overall absence
- 3.29%
- Persistent absence
- 5.88%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Thriplow CofE Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Royston
-
Foxton Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Cambridge
-
Melbourn Primary School2.3 miles
Primary · Royston
-
Meldreth Primary School2.6 miles
Primary · Nr Royston
-
Barrington CofE VC Primary School2.9 miles
Primary · Cambridge
Other schools in Royston
Fowlmere Primary School ranks 9th of the 9 ranked primary schools in Royston.
- Barley (VA) Church of England First School Primary
- Bassingbourn Primary School Primary
- Chrishall Holy Trinity and St Nicholas CofE (Aided) Primary School and Pre-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 Fowlmere Primary School teach?
- Fowlmere Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Royston.
- Who is the headteacher of Fowlmere Primary School?
- The headteacher of Fowlmere Primary School is Mrs Janet Muir, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Fowlmere Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Fowlmere 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 Fowlmere Primary School?
- Fowlmere Primary School has 73 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Fowlmere Primary School full?
- Fowlmere Primary School has capacity for 120 pupils and 73 on roll (61%), 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 Fowlmere Primary School a faith school?
- No. Fowlmere Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Fowlmere Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Fowlmere Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Fowlmere Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 60% in 2022/23 and 25% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Fowlmere Primary School compare with other schools in Cambridgeshire?
- Fowlmere Primary School ranked 193rd of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 97% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Fowlmere Primary School's absence rate?
- Fowlmere Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Fowlmere Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Fowlmere 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.