Sawtry Infants' School
Middlefield Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE28 5SH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Yasmine Trace
- Constituency
- Huntingdon
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 211
- URN
- 110714
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01487830678
About this school
Sawtry Infants' School is a community primary school in Huntingdon. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 211 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Sawtry Infants' 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Sawtry Infants' 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 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 184 |
| 2023/24 | 196 |
| 2024/25 | 199 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sawtry Infants' School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.7% | 20.6% | 211 | — |
| Sawtry Junior Academy | 50% | 4.7% | 24.3% | 274 | 0.0 miles |
| Holme CofE Primary School | 59% | 3.6% | 15.5% | 108 | 3.2 miles |
| Stilton Church of England Primary Academy | 65% | 4.7% | 23.8% | 167 | 3.8 miles |
| Folksworth CofE Primary School | 70% | 4.3% | 14.7% | 84 | 4.2 miles |
| Alconbury CofE Primary School | 68% | 3.5% | 13.6% | 207 | 4.6 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)
- 20.6%
- English as an additional language
- 9%
- Overall absence
- 4.67%
- Persistent absence
- 10.37%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Sawtry Junior Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Huntingdon
-
Holme CofE Primary School3.2 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
Stilton Church of England Primary Academy3.8 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
Folksworth CofE Primary School4.2 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
Alconbury CofE Primary School4.6 miles
Primary · Huntingdon
Other schools in Huntingdon
- Abbots Ripton CofE Primary School Primary
- Alconbury CofE Primary School Primary
- Brampton Village Primary School Primary
- Bury CofE Primary School Primary
- Cromwell Academy Primary
- Earith Primary School Primary
- Eileen Wade Primary School Primary
- Fenstanton and Hilton Primary School Primary
- Godmanchester Community Academy Primary
- Hartford Infant and Preschool Primary
- Hartford Junior School Primary
- Hemingford Grey Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Sawtry Infants' School teach?
- Sawtry Infants' School teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in Huntingdon.
- Who is the headteacher of Sawtry Infants' School?
- The headteacher of Sawtry Infants' School is Mrs Yasmine Trace, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Sawtry Infants' School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Sawtry Infants' 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 Sawtry Infants' School?
- Sawtry Infants' School has 211 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is Sawtry Infants' School full?
- Sawtry Infants' School has capacity for 240 pupils and 211 on roll (88%), 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 Sawtry Infants' School a faith school?
- No. Sawtry Infants' School has no designated religious character.
- Does Sawtry Infants' School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Sawtry Infants' School as having no nursery classes.
- What is Sawtry Infants' School's absence rate?
- Sawtry Infants' School's overall absence rate is 4.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Sawtry Infants' 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 Sawtry Infants' 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.