Melbourn Primary School
Mortlock Street, Melbourn, Royston, SG8 6DB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Stephanie Wilcox
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 357
- URN
- 110614
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01763223457
About this school
Melbourn Primary School is a community primary school in Royston. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 357 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 55 | 59 | 58 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 5% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 82% | 81% | 79% |
| Expected standard in maths | 69% | 71% | 72% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 75% | 71% | 66% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 106.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.70 | - | - |
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 Melbourn 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 | 63% | 55.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 62% | 57.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 402 |
| 2023/24 | 393 |
| 2024/25 | 376 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Melbourn Primary School compares
Melbourn Primary School ranked 96th of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 62% | 3.9% | 22.1% | 357 | — |
| Meldreth Primary School | 79% | 4.3% | 18.3% | 194 | 0.9 miles |
| Fowlmere Primary School | 25% | 3.3% | 10.4% | 73 | 2.3 miles |
| Roman Way Academy | — | 5.9% | 24% | 219 | 2.4 miles |
| Icknield Walk First School | — | 4.2% | 10.1% | 335 | 2.5 miles |
| St Mary Roman Catholic Primary School | 69% | 4.6% | 7.7% | 227 | 2.7 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)
- 22.07%
- English as an additional language
- 8.2%
- Overall absence
- 3.91%
- Persistent absence
- 9.25%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Meldreth Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Nr Royston
-
Fowlmere Primary School2.3 miles
Primary · Royston
-
Roman Way Academy2.4 miles
Primary · Royston
-
Icknield Walk First School2.5 miles
Primary · Royston
-
St Mary Roman Catholic Primary School2.7 miles
Primary · Royston
Other schools in Royston
Melbourn Primary School ranks 4th 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
- Fowlmere Primary School Primary
- Icknield Walk First 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 year groups does Melbourn Primary School teach?
- Melbourn Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Royston.
- Who is the headteacher of Melbourn Primary School?
- The headteacher of Melbourn Primary School is Mrs Stephanie Wilcox, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Melbourn Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Melbourn 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 big is Melbourn Primary School?
- Melbourn Primary School has 357 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Melbourn Primary School full?
- Melbourn Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 357 on roll (85%), 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 Melbourn Primary School a faith school?
- No. Melbourn Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Melbourn Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Melbourn Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Melbourn 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 62% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Melbourn Primary School rank locally?
- Melbourn Primary School ranked 96th of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Melbourn Primary School's absence rate?
- Melbourn Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Melbourn Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Melbourn 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.