Bewick Bridge Community Primary School
Fulbourn Old Drift, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, CB1 9ND
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Thomas Sapsford
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 222
- URN
- 110746
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01223508772
About this school
Bewick Bridge Community Primary School is a community primary school in Cambridge. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 222 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Bewick Bridge Community 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 29 | 29 | 21 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 76% | 83% | 90% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 17% | 21% | 19% |
| Expected standard in reading | 86% | 83% | 90% |
| Expected standard in maths | 86% | 86% | 90% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 86% | 93% | 90% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 110.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 110.0 | 110.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.30 | - | - |
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 Bewick Bridge Community 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 | 76% | 56.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 83% | 55.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 90% | 57.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 213 |
| 2023/24 | 227 |
| 2024/25 | 218 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bewick Bridge Community Primary School compares
Bewick Bridge Community Primary School ranked 6th of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 97% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 97% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 90% | 3.2% | 15.3% | 222 | — |
| Cherry Hinton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 52% | 5.9% | 26.3% | 177 | 0.2 miles |
| Colville Primary School | 62% | 5.6% | 26.1% | 221 | 0.4 miles |
| The Spinney Primary School | 69% | 3.6% | 8% | 177 | 0.6 miles |
| Queen Emma Primary School | 71% | 5.5% | 24.2% | 391 | 1.0 miles |
| Teversham CofE VA Primary School | 73% | 6.3% | 39.9% | 161 | 1.1 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
-
Graded inspection report14 April 2026
- 8 December 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 15.26%
- English as an additional language
- 43.1%
- Overall absence
- 3.2%
- Persistent absence
- 5.2%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Cherry Hinton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Cambridge
-
Colville Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Cambridge
-
The Spinney Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Cambridge
-
Queen Emma Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Cambridge
-
Teversham CofE VA Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Cambridge
Other schools in Cambridge
Bewick Bridge Community Primary School ranks 3rd 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
- 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
- Chesterton Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Bewick Bridge Community Primary School teach?
- Bewick Bridge Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Cambridge.
- Who is the headteacher of Bewick Bridge Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Bewick Bridge Community Primary School is Mr Thomas Sapsford, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Bewick Bridge Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bewick Bridge Community 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 Bewick Bridge Community Primary School?
- Bewick Bridge Community Primary School has 222 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Bewick Bridge Community Primary School full?
- Bewick Bridge Community Primary School has capacity for 240 pupils and 222 on roll (93%), 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 Bewick Bridge Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Bewick Bridge Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Bewick Bridge Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Bewick Bridge Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Bewick Bridge Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 76% in 2022/23 and 90% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bewick Bridge Community Primary School compare with other schools in Cambridgeshire?
- Bewick Bridge Community Primary School ranked 6th of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 97% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 97% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bewick Bridge Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Bewick Bridge Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bewick Bridge Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bewick Bridge Community 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.