Jeavons Wood Primary School
Eastgate, Great Cambourne, CB23 6DZ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- THE CAM ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emily McMurray
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- The Cam Academy Trust
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 419
- URN
- 144537
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01954717180
About this school
Jeavons Wood Primary School is a primary academy in Great Cambourne. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 419 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 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
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected 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 | 65 | 61 | 61 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 72% | 75% | 75% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 2% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 78% | 87% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 85% | 79% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 85% | 84% | 80% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 107.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.10 | - | - |
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 Jeavons Wood 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 | 72% | 56.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 75% | 55.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 75% | 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 | 4.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 424 |
| 2023/24 | 421 |
| 2024/25 | 430 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Jeavons Wood Primary School compares
Jeavons Wood Primary School ranked 28th of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 93% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 75% | 3.5% | 16.1% | 419 | — |
| Monkfield Park Primary School | 68% | 4% | 18.4% | 399 | 0.4 miles |
| The Vine Inter-Church Primary School | 56% | 4.3% | 16.3% | 366 | 0.5 miles |
| Caldecote Primary School | 61% | 4.5% | 15.4% | 193 | 1.7 miles |
| Bourn CofE Primary Academy | 63% | 3.7% | 12% | 193 | 2.0 miles |
| Elsworth CofE VA Primary School | 77% | 5.5% | 7.7% | 130 | 2.7 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)
- 16.08%
- English as an additional language
- 24%
- Overall absence
- 3.52%
- Persistent absence
- 8.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Monkfield Park Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Cambridge
-
The Vine Inter-Church Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Cambourne
-
Caldecote Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Cambridge
-
Bourn CofE Primary Academy2.0 miles
Primary · Cambridge
-
Elsworth CofE VA Primary School2.7 miles
Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Jeavons Wood Primary School teach?
- Jeavons Wood Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Great Cambourne.
- Who is the headteacher of Jeavons Wood Primary School?
- The headteacher of Jeavons Wood Primary School is Mrs Emily McMurray, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Jeavons Wood Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Jeavons Wood 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 Jeavons Wood Primary School?
- Jeavons Wood Primary School has 419 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Jeavons Wood Primary School full?
- Jeavons Wood Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 419 on roll (100%), 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 Jeavons Wood Primary School a faith school?
- No. Jeavons Wood Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Jeavons Wood Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Jeavons Wood Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Jeavons Wood Primary School?
- Jeavons Wood Primary School is part of THE CAM ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Jeavons Wood Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 72% in 2022/23 and 75% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Jeavons Wood Primary School rank locally?
- Jeavons Wood Primary School ranked 28th of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 93% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Jeavons Wood Primary School's absence rate?
- Jeavons Wood Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Jeavons Wood Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Jeavons Wood 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 10 July 2026.