Meridian Primary School
Harbour Avenue, Comberton, Cambridge, CB23 7DD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Rebecca Snelling
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 300
- Pupils on roll
- 180
- URN
- 110626
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01223262423
About this school
Meridian Primary School is a community primary school in Cambridge. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 180 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Meridian 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
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 44 | 33 | 31 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 64% | 67% | 58% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 14% | 3% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 91% | 82% | 74% |
| Expected standard in maths | 86% | 76% | 77% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 82% | 79% | 74% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 108.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.00 | - | - |
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 Meridian 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 | 64% | 56.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 55.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 58% | 57.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 212 |
| 2023/24 | 200 |
| 2024/25 | 190 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Meridian Primary School compares
Meridian Primary School ranked 119th of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 83% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 58% | 4% | 10.5% | 180 | — |
| Barton CofE VA Primary School | 59% | 4.2% | 6.6% | 117 | 1.5 miles |
| Hardwick and Cambourne Community Primary School | 56% | 5% | 20.9% | 585 | 1.8 miles |
| Coton Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School | 43% | 4.2% | 15.9% | 96 | 2.1 miles |
| Caldecote Primary School | 61% | 4.5% | 15.4% | 193 | 2.5 miles |
| Haslingfield Endowed Primary School | 48% | 4.3% | 10.7% | 135 | 3.0 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)
- 10.53%
- English as an additional language
- 22.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.01%
- Persistent absence
- 8.19%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Barton CofE VA Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Cambridge
-
Hardwick and Cambourne Community Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · Cambridge
-
Coton Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School2.1 miles
Primary · Cambridge
-
Caldecote Primary School2.5 miles
Primary · Cambridge
-
Haslingfield Endowed Primary School3.0 miles
Primary · Cambridge
Other schools in Cambridge
Meridian Primary School ranks 56th 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 ages does Meridian Primary School teach?
- Meridian Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Cambridge.
- Who is the headteacher of Meridian Primary School?
- The headteacher of Meridian Primary School is Miss Rebecca Snelling, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Meridian Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Meridian 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 Meridian Primary School?
- Meridian Primary School has 180 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Meridian Primary School full?
- Meridian Primary School has capacity for 300 pupils and 180 on roll (60%), 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 Meridian Primary School a faith school?
- No. Meridian Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Meridian Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Meridian Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Meridian Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 64% in 2022/23 and 58% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Meridian Primary School compare with other schools in Cambridgeshire?
- Meridian Primary School ranked 119th of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 83% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Meridian Primary School's absence rate?
- Meridian Primary School's overall absence rate is 4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Meridian Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Meridian 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.