The Spinney Primary School
Hayster Drive, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, CB1 9PB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Martha Hughes
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 177
- URN
- 110765
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01223568836
About this school
The Spinney Primary School is a community primary school in Cambridge. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 177 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected The Spinney 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected 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 | 30 | 28 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 83% | 68% | 69% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 23% | 21% | 31% |
| Expected standard in reading | 97% | 86% | 79% |
| Expected standard in maths | 90% | 86% | 79% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 97% | 89% | 86% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 112.0 | 107.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 108.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +5.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.20 | - | - |
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 The Spinney 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 | 83% | 56.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 68% | 55.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 69% | 57.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 207 |
| 2023/24 | 205 |
| 2024/25 | 187 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Spinney Primary School compares
The Spinney Primary School ranked 55th of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 91% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 69% | 3.6% | 8% | 177 | — |
| Cherry Hinton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 52% | 5.9% | 26.3% | 177 | 0.4 miles |
| Colville Primary School | 62% | 5.6% | 26.1% | 221 | 0.4 miles |
| Queen Emma Primary School | 71% | 5.5% | 24.2% | 391 | 0.6 miles |
| Bewick Bridge Community Primary School | 90% | 3.2% | 15.3% | 222 | 0.6 miles |
| Ridgefield Primary School | 80% | 5.7% | 23.3% | 205 | 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report2 June 2026
- 28 November 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 8.02%
- English as an additional language
- 43.9%
- Overall absence
- 3.63%
- Persistent absence
- 9.84%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Cherry Hinton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Cambridge
-
Colville Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Cambridge
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Queen Emma Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Cambridge
-
Bewick Bridge Community Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Cambridge
-
Ridgefield Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Cambridge
Other schools in Cambridge
The Spinney Primary School ranks 31st 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 ages does The Spinney Primary School teach?
- The Spinney Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Cambridge.
- Who is the headteacher of The Spinney Primary School?
- The headteacher of The Spinney Primary School is Mrs Martha Hughes, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has The Spinney Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Spinney 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 The Spinney Primary School?
- The Spinney Primary School has 177 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is The Spinney Primary School full?
- The Spinney Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 177 on roll (84%), 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 The Spinney Primary School a faith school?
- No. The Spinney Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does The Spinney Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records The Spinney Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have The Spinney Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 83% in 2022/23 and 69% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Spinney Primary School compare with other schools in Cambridgeshire?
- The Spinney Primary School ranked 55th of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 91% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Spinney Primary School's absence rate?
- The Spinney Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Spinney Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Spinney 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 15 July 2026.