Huntingdon Primary School
Ambury Road, Huntingdon, PE29 1AD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Elaine Lynch
- Federation
- Huntingdon Nursery and Primary Federation
- Constituency
- Huntingdon
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 510
- Pupils on roll
- 437
- URN
- 135568
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01480375113
About this school
Huntingdon Primary School is a community primary school in Huntingdon. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 437 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 59 | 60 | 66 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 68% | 60% | 64% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 12% | 7% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 78% | 80% | 74% |
| Expected standard in maths | 76% | 70% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 75% | 72% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.00 | - | - |
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 Huntingdon 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 | 68% | 56.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 55.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 64% | 57.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 395 |
| 2023/24 | 421 |
| 2024/25 | 444 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Huntingdon Primary School compares
Huntingdon Primary School ranked 79th of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 64% | 6.1% | 34.5% | 437 | — |
| St John's CofE Primary School | 62% | 5.2% | 31.4% | 299 | 0.4 miles |
| Hartford Junior School | 48% | 5.1% | 31.6% | 222 | 0.4 miles |
| Hartford Infant and Preschool | — | 6.9% | 21.7% | 152 | 0.5 miles |
| Thongsley Fields Primary and Nursery School | 41% | 5.7% | 53.5% | 210 | 0.5 miles |
| Stukeley Meadows Primary School | 38% | 4.1% | 13% | 371 | 0.6 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 34.46%
- English as an additional language
- 39.2%
- Overall absence
- 6.06%
- Persistent absence
- 16.58%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St John's CofE Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Huntingdon
-
Hartford Junior School0.4 miles
Primary · Huntingdon
-
Hartford Infant and Preschool0.5 miles
Primary · Huntingdon
-
Thongsley Fields Primary and Nursery School0.5 miles
Primary · Huntingdon
-
Stukeley Meadows Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Huntingdon
Other schools in Huntingdon
Huntingdon Primary School ranks 10th of the 26 ranked primary 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 year groups does Huntingdon Primary School teach?
- Huntingdon Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Huntingdon.
- Who is the headteacher of Huntingdon Primary School?
- The headteacher of Huntingdon Primary School is Ms Elaine Lynch, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Huntingdon Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon Primary School?
- Huntingdon Primary School has 437 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Huntingdon Primary School full?
- Huntingdon Primary School has capacity for 510 pupils and 437 on roll (86%), 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 Huntingdon Primary School a faith school?
- No. Huntingdon Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Huntingdon Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Huntingdon Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Huntingdon Primary School?
- Huntingdon Primary School is part of the Huntingdon Nursery and Primary Federation federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Huntingdon Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 68% in 2022/23 and 64% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Huntingdon Primary School rank locally?
- Huntingdon Primary School ranked 79th of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Huntingdon Primary School's absence rate?
- Huntingdon Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Huntingdon Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Huntingdon 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.