Pendragon Community Primary School
Varrier-Jones Drive, Papworth Everard, Cambridge, CB23 3XQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emily Samuels
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 290
- URN
- 110617
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01480830267
About this school
Pendragon Community Primary School is a community primary school in Cambridge. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 290 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- 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 | 60 | 54 | 49 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 51% | 54% | 55% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 75% | 70% | 76% |
| Expected standard in maths | 57% | 70% | 65% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 68% | 67% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.60 | - | - |
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 Pendragon Community 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 | 51% | 56.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 54% | 55.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 55% | 57.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 368 |
| 2023/24 | 341 |
| 2024/25 | 315 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Pendragon Community Primary School compares
Pendragon Community Primary School ranked 134th of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 30% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 55% | 4.4% | 14.9% | 290 | — |
| Elsworth CofE VA Primary School | 77% | 5.5% | 7.7% | 130 | 1.9 miles |
| The Newton Community Primary School | 33% | 6.3% | 26.9% | 54 | 2.4 miles |
| Monkfield Park Primary School | 68% | 4% | 18.4% | 399 | 3.3 miles |
| Jeavons Wood Primary School | 75% | 3.5% | 16.1% | 419 | 3.5 miles |
| The Vine Inter-Church Primary School | 56% | 4.3% | 16.3% | 366 | 3.9 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 14.92%
- English as an additional language
- 11.4%
- Overall absence
- 4.41%
- Persistent absence
- 6.87%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Elsworth CofE VA Primary School1.9 miles
Primary
-
The Newton Community Primary School2.4 miles
Primary · St Neots
-
Monkfield Park Primary School3.3 miles
Primary · Cambridge
-
Jeavons Wood Primary School3.5 miles
Primary · Great Cambourne
-
The Vine Inter-Church Primary School3.9 miles
Primary · Cambourne
Other schools in Cambridge
Pendragon Community Primary School ranks 62nd of the 76 ranked primary schools in Cambridge.
- Arbury Primary School Primary
- Babraham CofE (VC) Primary School Primary
- Bar Hill Community Primary School Primary
- Barrington CofE VC Primary School Primary
- Barton CofE VA Primary School Primary
- Bewick Bridge Community Primary School Primary
- Bottisham Community Primary School Primary
- Bourn CofE Primary Academy Primary
- Burwell Village College (Primary) Primary
- Caldecote Primary School Primary
- Castle Camps Church of England (Controlled) Primary School Primary
- Cherry Hinton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Pendragon Community Primary School teach?
- Pendragon Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Cambridge.
- Who is the headteacher of Pendragon Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Pendragon Community Primary School is Mrs Emily Samuels, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Pendragon Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Pendragon Community 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 Pendragon Community Primary School?
- Pendragon Community Primary School has 290 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Pendragon Community Primary School full?
- Pendragon Community Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 290 on roll (69%), 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 Pendragon Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Pendragon Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Pendragon Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Pendragon Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Pendragon Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 51% in 2022/23 and 55% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Pendragon Community Primary School rank locally?
- Pendragon Community Primary School ranked 134th of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 30% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Pendragon Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Pendragon Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Pendragon Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Pendragon Community 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.