Offord Primary School
Millers Close, Offord Darcy, St Neots, PE19 5SB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE CAM ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sally Day
- Sponsor
- The Cam Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Huntingdon
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 119
- Pupils on roll
- 95
- URN
- 147441
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01480810308
About this school
Offord Primary School is a primary academy in St Neots. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 95 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
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
- Outstanding
- 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 | 10 | 15 | 19 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 80% | 68% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 20% | 13% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 50% | 87% | 84% |
| Expected standard in maths | 70% | 87% | 74% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 93% | 74% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 108.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 107.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +6.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.70 | - | - |
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 Offord 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 | 50% | 56.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 80% | 55.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 68% | 57.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 79 |
| 2023/24 | 90 |
| 2024/25 | 88 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Offord Primary School compares
Offord Primary School ranked 62nd of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 68% | 5.3% | 19.3% | 95 | — |
| Buckden CofE Primary School | 56% | 4.5% | 12.2% | 331 | 1.6 miles |
| Great Paxton CofE Primary School | 65% | 5% | 13.6% | 73 | 1.8 miles |
| St Anne's CofE Primary School | 70% | 4.2% | 19.9% | 214 | 2.6 miles |
| Brampton Village Primary School | 53% | 4.9% | 23% | 609 | 2.7 miles |
| Godmanchester Bridge Academy | 57% | 5.5% | 30% | 271 | 2.8 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)
- 19.32%
- English as an additional language
- 11.4%
- Overall absence
- 5.27%
- Persistent absence
- 14.63%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Buckden CofE Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · St Neots
-
Great Paxton CofE Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · St Neots
-
St Anne's CofE Primary School2.6 miles
Primary · Huntingdon
-
Brampton Village Primary School2.7 miles
Primary · Huntingdon
-
Godmanchester Bridge Academy2.8 miles
Primary · Godmanchester
Other schools in St Neots
Offord Primary School ranks 2nd 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
- Great Staughton Primary Academy Primary
- Middlefield Primary Academy 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 Offord Primary School teach?
- Offord Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in St Neots.
- Who is the headteacher of Offord Primary School?
- The headteacher of Offord Primary School is Mrs Sally Day, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Offord Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Offord 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 Offord Primary School?
- Offord Primary School has 95 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Offord Primary School full?
- Offord Primary School has capacity for 119 pupils and 95 on roll (80%), 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 Offord Primary School a faith school?
- No. Offord Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Offord Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Offord Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Offord Primary School?
- Offord 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 Offord Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 68% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Offord Primary School rank locally?
- Offord Primary School ranked 62nd of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Offord Primary School's absence rate?
- Offord Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Offord Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Offord 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.