Great Gidding CofE Primary School
Main Street, Great Gidding, Huntingdon, PE28 5NX
This school is closed (it closed in August 2023).
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Headteacher
- Mrs Suki Hinton
- Diocese
- Diocese of Ely
- Constituency
- North West Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
- Capacity
- 90
- Pupils on roll
- 44
- URN
- 110813
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
About this school
Great Gidding CofE Primary School was a Church of England voluntary controlled primary school in Huntingdon. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 44 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Great Gidding 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 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 10 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.70 |
| Writing progress | -1.80 |
| Maths progress | -3.60 |
How Great Gidding CofE Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 8.7% | 22.7% | 44 | — |
| Sawtry Junior Academy | 50% | 4.7% | 24.3% | 274 | 3.1 miles |
| Sawtry Infants' School | — | 4.7% | 20.6% | 211 | 3.1 miles |
| Polebrook Church of England Primary School | 56% | 5.5% | 12.2% | 70 | 3.9 miles |
| Folksworth CofE Primary School | 70% | 4.3% | 14.7% | 84 | 4.5 miles |
| Stilton Church of England Primary Academy | 65% | 4.7% | 23.8% | 167 | 4.7 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 22.7%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 8.7%
- Persistent absence
- 28.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Sawtry Junior Academy3.1 miles
Primary · Huntingdon
-
Sawtry Infants' School3.1 miles
Primary · Huntingdon
-
Polebrook Church of England Primary School3.9 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
Folksworth CofE Primary School4.5 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
Stilton Church of England Primary Academy4.7 miles
Primary · Peterborough
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 Great Gidding CofE Primary School teach?
- Great Gidding CofE Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Huntingdon.
- Has Great Gidding CofE Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Great Gidding 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 Great Gidding CofE Primary School?
- Great Gidding CofE Primary School had 44 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- What are Great Gidding CofE Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Great Gidding 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 11 September 2023.