Burrowmoor Primary School
Burrowmoor Road, March, PE15 9RP
This school is closed (it closed in October 2023).
It was replaced by Burrowmoor Primary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Mrs Valarie Rose
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 480
- Pupils on roll
- 363
- URN
- 139843
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
About this school
Burrowmoor Primary School was a primary academy in March. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 363 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Burrowmoor Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in July 2013, 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 | 55 | 50 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 22% | 52% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | 64% |
| Expected standard in maths | 33% | 64% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 45% | 56% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 97.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.70 | - |
| Writing progress | +1.80 | - |
| Maths progress | -5.50 | - |
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 Burrowmoor 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 | 22% | 56.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 55.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 57.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Burrowmoor Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 14% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 8.9% | 44.5% | 363 | — |
| Burrowmoor Primary Academy | 32% | 7.8% | 43.1% | 326 | 0.0 miles |
| Cavalry Primary School | 54% | 6.4% | 29.1% | 407 | 0.6 miles |
| Westwood Primary School | 42% | 6.4% | 37.4% | 742 | 0.7 miles |
| All Saints Interchurch Academy | 17% | 7.2% | 32.3% | 184 | 0.9 miles |
| Thomas Eaton Primary Academy | 27% | 7.9% | 36.8% | 126 | 2.6 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 44.5%
- English as an additional language
- 8.3%
- Overall absence
- 8.9%
- Persistent absence
- 27.2%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Burrowmoor Primary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · March
-
Cavalry Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · March
-
Westwood Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · March
-
All Saints Interchurch Academy0.9 miles
Primary · March
-
Thomas Eaton Primary Academy2.6 miles
Primary · March
Other schools in March
- All Saints Interchurch Academy Primary
- Benwick Primary School Primary
- Burrowmoor Primary Academy Primary
- Cavalry Primary School Primary
- Lionel Walden Primary School Primary
- Thomas Eaton Primary Academy Primary
- Westwood Primary School Primary
- Neale-Wade Academy Secondary
- The Sage School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Burrowmoor Primary School teach?
- Burrowmoor Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in March.
- Has Burrowmoor Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Burrowmoor 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 big is Burrowmoor Primary School?
- Burrowmoor Primary School had 363 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Burrowmoor Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 22% in 2022/23 and 52% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Burrowmoor Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Burrowmoor 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 October 2023.