Meldreth Primary School
High Street, Meldreth, Nr Royston, SG8 6LA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sasha Howard
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 194
- URN
- 110615
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01763260432
About this school
Meldreth Primary School is a community primary school in Nr Royston. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 194 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 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- 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 | 34 | 33 | 24 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 71% | 67% | 79% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 3% | 17% |
| Expected standard in reading | 74% | 85% | 88% |
| Expected standard in maths | 91% | 91% | 88% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 85% | 88% | 79% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 108.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 108.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.00 | - | - |
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 Meldreth 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 | 71% | 56.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 55.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 79% | 57.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 209 |
| 2023/24 | 208 |
| 2024/25 | 191 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Meldreth Primary School compares
Meldreth Primary School ranked 17th of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 86% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 79% | 4.3% | 18.3% | 194 | — |
| Melbourn Primary School | 62% | 3.9% | 22.1% | 357 | 0.9 miles |
| Foxton Primary School | 67% | 8.7% | 25% | 79 | 2.6 miles |
| Fowlmere Primary School | 25% | 3.3% | 10.4% | 73 | 2.6 miles |
| Roman Way Academy | — | 5.9% | 24% | 219 | 2.8 miles |
| Petersfield CofE Aided Primary School | 43% | 4.4% | 17.9% | 125 | 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)
- 18.32%
- English as an additional language
- 3.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.27%
- Persistent absence
- 8.28%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Melbourn Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Royston
-
Foxton Primary School2.6 miles
Primary · Cambridge
-
Fowlmere Primary School2.6 miles
Primary · Royston
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Roman Way Academy2.8 miles
Primary · Royston
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Petersfield CofE Aided Primary School2.8 miles
Primary · Royston
Other schools in Nr Royston
Common questions
- What year groups does Meldreth Primary School teach?
- Meldreth Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Nr Royston.
- Who is the headteacher of Meldreth Primary School?
- The headteacher of Meldreth Primary School is Mrs Sasha Howard, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Meldreth Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Meldreth 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 Meldreth Primary School?
- Meldreth Primary School has 194 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Meldreth Primary School full?
- Meldreth Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 194 on roll (92%), 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 Meldreth Primary School a faith school?
- No. Meldreth Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Meldreth Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Meldreth Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Meldreth Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 71% in 2022/23 and 79% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Meldreth Primary School rank locally?
- Meldreth Primary School ranked 17th of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 86% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Meldreth Primary School's absence rate?
- Meldreth Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Meldreth Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Meldreth 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.