Spring Common Academy
American Lane, Huntingdon, PE29 1TQ
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 2 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- HORIZONS EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Leigh Aitken
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Horizons Education Trust
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Huntingdon
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 209
- Pupils on roll
- 211
- URN
- 142557
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01480377403
About this school
Spring Common Academy is a special academy in Huntingdon. It teaches children aged 2 to 19 and has 211 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Sixth form
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 18 | 15 | 17 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.00 | - | - |
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.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 11 | 10 | 17 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Spring Common 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 | 0% | 56.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 55.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 57.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 14.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 14% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 207 |
| 2023/24 | 215 |
| 2024/25 | 202 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 50%
- English as an additional language
- 11.4%
- Overall absence
- 13.98%
- Persistent absence
- 40.74%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Prestley Wood Academy3.1 miles
Free Schools · Alconbury Weald
-
Aurora Fairway School3.7 miles
Special schools · St Ives
-
Papworth Hall School6.6 miles
Special schools · Cambridge
-
Whitehall School7.8 miles
Independent schools · Huntingdon
-
Riverside Meadows Academy8.2 miles
Academies · St. Neots
Other schools in Huntingdon
- Huntingdon Federation Nursery School Nursery
- 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Spring Common Academy teach?
- Spring Common Academy teaches children aged 2 to 19. It is a special school in Huntingdon.
- Who is the headteacher of Spring Common Academy?
- The headteacher of Spring Common Academy is Mr Leigh Aitken, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Spring Common Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Spring Common 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 Spring Common Academy?
- Spring Common Academy has 211 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 19.
- Is Spring Common Academy full?
- Spring Common Academy has capacity for 209 pupils and 211 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 Spring Common Academy a faith school?
- No. Spring Common Academy has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Spring Common Academy?
- Spring Common Academy is part of HORIZONS EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Spring Common Academy have?
- The schools register lists Spring Common Academy's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Spring Common Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Spring Common Academy's absence rate?
- Spring Common Academy's overall absence rate is 14% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Spring Common Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Spring Common 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 2 July 2026.