Colville Primary School
Colville Road, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, CB1 9EJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Hastings
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 221
- URN
- 110665
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01223576246
About this school
Colville Primary School is a community primary school in Cambridge. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 221 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
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
- 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 | 31 | 29 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 45% | 55% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 7% | 14% |
| Expected standard in reading | 65% | 72% | 69% |
| Expected standard in maths | 52% | 69% | 69% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 68% | 72% | 66% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 105.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.50 | - | - |
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 Colville 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 | 45% | 56.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 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 | 7.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 237 |
| 2023/24 | 224 |
| 2024/25 | 228 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Colville Primary School compares
Colville Primary School ranked 94th 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 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 62% | 5.6% | 26.1% | 221 | — |
| Cherry Hinton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 52% | 5.9% | 26.3% | 177 | 0.3 miles |
| Bewick Bridge Community Primary School | 90% | 3.2% | 15.3% | 222 | 0.4 miles |
| The Spinney Primary School | 69% | 3.6% | 8% | 177 | 0.4 miles |
| Queen Emma Primary School | 71% | 5.5% | 24.2% | 391 | 0.6 miles |
| Queen Edith Primary School | 57% | 4.7% | 18.7% | 394 | 1.0 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 26.07%
- English as an additional language
- 42.5%
- Overall absence
- 5.58%
- Persistent absence
- 14.65%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Cherry Hinton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Cambridge
-
Bewick Bridge Community Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Cambridge
-
The Spinney Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Cambridge
-
Queen Emma Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Cambridge
-
Queen Edith Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Cambridge
Other schools in Cambridge
Colville Primary School ranks 46th 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 Colville Primary School teach?
- Colville Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Cambridge.
- Who is the headteacher of Colville Primary School?
- The headteacher of Colville Primary School is Mr Andrew Hastings, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Colville Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Colville 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 Colville Primary School?
- Colville Primary School has 221 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Colville Primary School full?
- Colville Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 221 on roll (105%), so it is at or above 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 Colville Primary School a faith school?
- No. Colville Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Colville Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Colville Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Colville Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Colville Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Colville Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 45% 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 Colville Primary School rank locally?
- Colville Primary School ranked 94th 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 47% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Colville Primary School's absence rate?
- Colville Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Colville Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Colville 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.