Milton Road Primary School
Ascham Road, Cambridge, CB4 2BD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachel Snape
- Constituency
- Cambridge
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 424
- URN
- 133930
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01223712333
About this school
Milton Road Primary School is a community primary school in Cambridge. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 424 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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 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
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 58 | 60 | 61 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 76% | 75% | 74% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 22% | 15% | 16% |
| Expected standard in reading | 91% | 88% | 92% |
| Expected standard in maths | 86% | 85% | 92% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 86% | 85% | 90% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110.0 | 108.0 | 112.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 106.0 | 110.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.70 | - | - |
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 Milton Road 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 | 75% | 55.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 74% | 57.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 421 |
| 2023/24 | 414 |
| 2024/25 | 411 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Milton Road Primary School compares
Milton Road Primary School ranked 33rd of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 76% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 94% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 74% | 3.4% | 14.4% | 424 | — |
| Arbury Primary School | 66% | 6.1% | 42.5% | 380 | 0.4 miles |
| St Luke's CofE Primary School | 79% | 6.5% | 35.1% | 59 | 0.6 miles |
| The Grove Primary School | 56% | 7.6% | 49.8% | 224 | 0.7 miles |
| Park Street CofE Primary School | 72% | 5% | 12.9% | 116 | 0.7 miles |
| Chesterton Primary School | 42% | 3.8% | 32.9% | 173 | 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 14.36%
- English as an additional language
- 39.4%
- Overall absence
- 3.43%
- Persistent absence
- 5.43%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Arbury Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Cambridge
-
St Luke's CofE Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Cambridge
-
The Grove Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Cambridge
-
Park Street CofE Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Cambridge
-
Chesterton Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Cambridge
Other schools in Cambridge
Milton Road Primary School ranks 15th 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 year groups does Milton Road Primary School teach?
- Milton Road Primary School teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a primary school in Cambridge.
- Who is the headteacher of Milton Road Primary School?
- The headteacher of Milton Road Primary School is Mrs Rachel Snape, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Milton Road Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Milton Road 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 big is Milton Road Primary School?
- Milton Road Primary School has 424 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is Milton Road Primary School full?
- Milton Road Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 424 on roll (101%), so it is at or above 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 Milton Road Primary School a faith school?
- No. Milton Road Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Milton Road Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Milton Road Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Milton Road 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 74% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Milton Road Primary School rank locally?
- Milton Road Primary School ranked 33rd of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 76% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 94% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Milton Road Primary School's absence rate?
- Milton Road Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Milton Road Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Milton Road 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 1 July 2026.