Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School
Almond Road, St Neots, PE19 1DZ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs A Smith
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 170
- URN
- 110687
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01480398010
About this school
Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School is a community primary school in St Neots. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 170 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
Trends over time
How Priory Park Infant School & Pre-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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 238 |
| 2023/24 | 205 |
| 2024/25 | 186 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.8% | 19.4% | 170 | — |
| Priory Junior School | 45% | 5.1% | 28.1% | 280 | 0.4 miles |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots | — | 4.1% | 43.6% | 68 | 0.5 miles |
| Eynesbury CofE C Primary School | 48% | 4.8% | 19.2% | 209 | 0.6 miles |
| Winhills Primary Academy | 59% | 5.8% | 45.2% | 227 | 0.7 miles |
| The Round House Primary Academy | 60% | 3.9% | 24% | 401 | 0.7 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 19.35%
- English as an additional language
- 7%
- Overall absence
- 4.79%
- Persistent absence
- 10.61%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Priory Junior School0.4 miles
Primary · St Neots
-
St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots0.5 miles
Primary · St Neots
-
Eynesbury CofE C Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · St Neots
-
Winhills Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · St Neots
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The Round House Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · St Neots
Other schools in St Neots
- Buckden CofE Primary School Primary
- Bushmead Primary School Primary
- Crosshall Infant School Primary
- Crosshall Junior School Primary
- Eynesbury CofE C Primary School Primary
- Great Paxton CofE Primary School Primary
- Great Staughton Primary Academy Primary
- Middlefield Primary Academy Primary
- Offord Primary School Primary
- Priory Junior School Primary
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots Primary
- The Newton Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School teach?
- Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in St Neots.
- Who is the headteacher of Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School?
- The headteacher of Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School is Mrs A Smith, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Priory Park Infant School & Pre-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 Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School?
- Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School has 170 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School full?
- Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School has capacity for 180 pupils and 170 on roll (94%), 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 Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School a faith school?
- No. Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School has no designated religious character.
- Does Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School as having no nursery classes.
- What is Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School's absence rate?
- Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School's overall absence rate is 4.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.