Great Staughton Primary Academy
The Causeway, Great Staughton, St Neots, PE19 5BP
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE DIAMOND LEARNING PARTNERSHIP TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Suzanne Whiting
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- The Diamond Learning Partnership Trust
- Constituency
- Huntingdon
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 164
- Pupils on roll
- 80
- URN
- 140535
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01480860324
About this school
Great Staughton Primary Academy is a primary academy in St Neots. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 80 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 64% | 70% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 79% | 70% | 78% |
| Expected standard in maths | 71% | 90% | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 64% | 80% | 89% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 103.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.30 | - | - |
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 Great Staughton Primary Academy 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 | 64% | 56.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 70% | 55.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 57.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 2.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 2.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 89 |
| 2023/24 | 80 |
| 2024/25 | 82 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Great Staughton Primary Academy compares
Great Staughton Primary Academy ranked 66th of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 100% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 2.4% | 15.7% | 80 | — |
| Kimbolton Primary Academy | 83% | 3.9% | 20.3% | 59 | 2.8 miles |
| Kymbrook Primary School | 75% | 5.3% | 4.2% | 76 | 3.6 miles |
| Crosshall Infant School | — | 4.6% | 8.5% | 287 | 3.7 miles |
| Crosshall Junior School | 75% | 3% | 16.7% | 346 | 3.7 miles |
| Little Paxton Primary School | 28% | 4.7% | 16% | 292 | 4.0 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)
- 15.71%
- English as an additional language
- 1.2%
- Overall absence
- 2.36%
- Persistent absence
- 0%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Kimbolton Primary Academy2.8 miles
Primary · Huntingdon
-
Kymbrook Primary School3.6 miles
Primary · Bedford
-
Crosshall Infant School3.7 miles
Primary · St Neots
-
Crosshall Junior School3.7 miles
Primary · St Neots
-
Little Paxton Primary School4.0 miles
Primary · St. Neots
Other schools in St Neots
Great Staughton Primary Academy ranks 3rd of the 12 ranked primary schools in St Neots.
- Buckden CofE Primary School Primary
- Bushmead Primary School Primary
- Crosshall Infant School Primary
- Crosshall Junior School Primary
- Eynesbury CofE C Primary School Primary
- Great Paxton CofE Primary School Primary
- Middlefield Primary Academy Primary
- Offord Primary School Primary
- Priory Junior School Primary
- Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School Primary
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots Primary
- The Newton Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Great Staughton Primary Academy teach?
- Great Staughton Primary Academy teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in St Neots.
- Who is the headteacher of Great Staughton Primary Academy?
- The headteacher of Great Staughton Primary Academy is Mrs Suzanne Whiting, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Great Staughton Primary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Great Staughton Primary Academy, 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 Great Staughton Primary Academy?
- Great Staughton Primary Academy has 80 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Great Staughton Primary Academy full?
- Great Staughton Primary Academy has capacity for 164 pupils and 80 on roll (49%), 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 Great Staughton Primary Academy a faith school?
- No. Great Staughton Primary Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Great Staughton Primary Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Great Staughton Primary Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Great Staughton Primary Academy?
- Great Staughton Primary Academy is part of THE DIAMOND LEARNING PARTNERSHIP TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Great Staughton Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 64% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Great Staughton Primary Academy rank locally?
- Great Staughton Primary Academy ranked 66th of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 100% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Great Staughton Primary Academy's absence rate?
- Great Staughton Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 2.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Great Staughton Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Great Staughton Primary Academy'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.