Priory Junior School
Longsands Road, St Neots, PE19 1TF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Welch
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 280
- URN
- 110702
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01480226730
About this school
Priory Junior School is a community primary school in St Neots. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 280 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 10 November 2022, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 88 | 75 | 66 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 47% | 39% | 45% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 1% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 65% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 59% | 67% | 59% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 68% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.80 | - | - |
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 Priory Junior 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 | 47% | 56.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 39% | 55.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 45% | 57.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 329 |
| 2023/24 | 308 |
| 2024/25 | 299 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Priory Junior School compares
Priory Junior School ranked 163rd of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 16% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45% | 5.1% | 28.1% | 280 | — |
| The Round House Primary Academy | 60% | 3.9% | 24% | 401 | 0.4 miles |
| Wintringham Primary Academy | 59% | 4.4% | 28.8% | 357 | 0.4 miles |
| Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School | — | 4.8% | 19.4% | 170 | 0.4 miles |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots | — | 4.1% | 43.6% | 68 | 0.6 miles |
| Winhills Primary Academy | 59% | 5.8% | 45.2% | 227 | 0.8 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)
- 28.09%
- English as an additional language
- 4.3%
- Overall absence
- 5.06%
- Persistent absence
- 11.69%
Location
Nearby schools
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The Round House Primary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · St Neots
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Wintringham Primary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · St. Neots
-
Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School0.4 miles
Primary · St Neots
-
St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots0.6 miles
Primary · St Neots
-
Winhills Primary Academy0.8 miles
Primary · St Neots
Other schools in St Neots
Priory Junior School ranks 11th of the 12 ranked primary 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 Park Infant School & Pre-School Primary
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots Primary
- The Newton Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Priory Junior School teach?
- Priory Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in St Neots.
- Who is the headteacher of Priory Junior School?
- The headteacher of Priory Junior School is Mrs Emma Welch, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Priory Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Priory Junior 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 Priory Junior School?
- Priory Junior School has 280 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Priory Junior School full?
- Priory Junior School has capacity for 360 pupils and 280 on roll (78%), 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 Junior School a faith school?
- No. Priory Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Priory Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Priory Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Priory Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 47% in 2022/23 and 45% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Priory Junior School rank locally?
- Priory Junior School ranked 163rd of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 16% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Priory Junior School's absence rate?
- Priory Junior School's overall absence rate is 5.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Priory Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Priory Junior 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.