Burrough Green CofE Primary School
Bradley Road, Newmarket, CB8 9NH
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Burrough Green CofE Primary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Headteacher
- Mr David Sandford
- Diocese
- Diocese of Ely
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 117
- Pupils on roll
- 62
- URN
- 110783
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
About this school
Burrough Green CofE Primary School was a Church of England voluntary controlled primary school in Newmarket. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 62 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Burrough Green CofE Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 18 | 14 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 57% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 29% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 71% |
| Expected standard in maths | 72% | 79% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 61% | 64% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.10 | - |
| Writing progress | +1.50 | - |
| Maths progress | +0.80 | - |
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 Burrough Green CofE 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 | 53% | 56.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 55.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 57.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 84 |
| 2023/24 | 62 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Burrough Green CofE Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 99% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 3.2% | 22.6% | 62 | — |
| Burrough Green CofE Primary Academy | — | 5.1% | 14.8% | 51 | 0.0 miles |
| Kettlefields Primary School | 61% | 3.7% | 13.7% | 145 | 1.6 miles |
| Thurlow Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 73% | 5.5% | 15.4% | 77 | 3.8 miles |
| Meadow Primary School | 65% | 3.1% | 11.6% | 211 | 4.3 miles |
| Ditton Lodge Primary School | 96% | 3.5% | 10.6% | 204 | 4.4 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 22.6%
- English as an additional language
- 6.5%
- Overall absence
- 3.2%
- Persistent absence
- 1.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Burrough Green CofE Primary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Newmarket
-
Kettlefields Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Newmarket
-
Thurlow Voluntary Controlled Primary School3.8 miles
Primary · Haverhill
-
Meadow Primary School4.3 miles
Primary · Cambridge
-
Ditton Lodge Primary School4.4 miles
Primary · Newmarket
Other schools in Newmarket
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Newmarket Primary
- Burrough Green CofE Primary Academy Primary
- Cheveley CofE Primary School Primary
- Ditton Lodge Primary School Primary
- Exning Primary School Primary
- Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy Primary
- Kennett Primary School Primary
- Kettlefields Primary School Primary
- Laureate Community Academy Primary
- Moulton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Paddocks Primary School Primary
- St Louis Catholic Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Burrough Green CofE Primary School teach?
- Burrough Green CofE Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Newmarket.
- Has Burrough Green CofE Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Burrough Green CofE Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Burrough Green CofE Primary School?
- Burrough Green CofE Primary School had 62 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Burrough Green CofE Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 53% in 2022/23 and 57% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Burrough Green CofE Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Burrough Green CofE 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 31 August 2024.