Spaldwick Primary School
Royston Avenue, Spaldwick, Huntingdon, PE28 0TH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE CAM ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Louise Worrell
- Sponsor
- The Cam Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Huntingdon
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 168
- Pupils on roll
- 104
- URN
- 148983
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01480890371
About this school
Spaldwick Primary School is a primary academy in Huntingdon. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 104 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Spaldwick Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- 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 | 16 | 11 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 50% | 64% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 13% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | 69% | 82% |
| Expected standard in maths | 60% | 81% | 73% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 60% | 81% | 82% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.00 | - | - |
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.
Trends over time
How Spaldwick 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 | 50% | 55.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 64% | 57.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 88 |
| 2023/24 | 91 |
| 2024/25 | 95 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Spaldwick Primary School compares
Spaldwick Primary School ranked 82nd of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 64% | 6.1% | 15.8% | 104 | — |
| Kimbolton Primary Academy | 83% | 3.9% | 20.3% | 59 | 3.1 miles |
| Brington CofE Primary School | 67% | 4.1% | 13.3% | 94 | 3.3 miles |
| Alconbury CofE Primary School | 68% | 3.5% | 13.6% | 207 | 4.3 miles |
| Great Staughton Primary Academy | 67% | 2.4% | 15.7% | 80 | 4.8 miles |
| Brampton Village Primary School | 53% | 4.9% | 23% | 609 | 5.0 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 15.79%
- English as an additional language
- 2.1%
- Overall absence
- 6.05%
- Persistent absence
- 8.75%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Kimbolton Primary Academy3.1 miles
Primary · Huntingdon
-
Brington CofE Primary School3.3 miles
Primary · Brington
-
Alconbury CofE Primary School4.3 miles
Primary · Huntingdon
-
Great Staughton Primary Academy4.8 miles
Primary · St Neots
-
Brampton Village Primary School5.0 miles
Primary · Huntingdon
Other schools in Huntingdon
Spaldwick Primary School ranks 11th of the 26 ranked primary schools in Huntingdon.
- 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
- Hemingford Grey Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Spaldwick Primary School teach?
- Spaldwick Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Huntingdon.
- Who is the headteacher of Spaldwick Primary School?
- The headteacher of Spaldwick Primary School is Mrs Louise Worrell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Spaldwick Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Spaldwick 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 many pupils are at Spaldwick Primary School?
- Spaldwick Primary School has 104 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Spaldwick Primary School full?
- Spaldwick Primary School has capacity for 168 pupils and 104 on roll (62%), 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 Spaldwick Primary School a faith school?
- No. Spaldwick Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Spaldwick Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Spaldwick Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Spaldwick Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Spaldwick 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 Spaldwick 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 64% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Spaldwick Primary School compare with other schools in Cambridgeshire?
- Spaldwick Primary School ranked 82nd of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Spaldwick Primary School's absence rate?
- Spaldwick Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Spaldwick Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Spaldwick 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.