Alconbury CofE Primary School, Huntingdon
Alconbury CofE Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Huntingdon. It has a Church of England religious character. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in September 2011. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in November 2024 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 13th-highest of the 26 schools in Huntingdon with published results, and 8,950th of 14,452 across England. It was 98% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- In line with England
- Ofsted
- Good (2011)
- Demand
- Oversubscribed
- Attendance
- Better than England average
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Cambridgeshire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Alconbury CofE Primary School in detail
Results
In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils at Alconbury CofE Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 79% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 74% in Cambridgeshire and 77% and 75% across England.
Results fell from 76% in reading and 86% in maths in 2024.
With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.
Getting a place at Alconbury CofE Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 31 families put Alconbury CofE Primary School as their first choice and 79 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 4 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
Admissions history and your chances at Alconbury CofE Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Alconbury CofE Primary School are Ermine Street Church Academy (1.2 miles, Good, 92% reading, 89% maths); Abbots Ripton CofE Primary School (3 miles, Good, 100% reading, 100% maths); Cromwell Academy (3.3 miles, Good, 75% reading, 72% maths); and Brampton Village Primary School (3.5 miles, Good, 76% reading, 67% maths).
Alconbury CofE Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.
Ermine Street Church AcademyAbbots Ripton CofE Primary SchoolCromwell AcademyBrampton Village Primary School
What parents say
110 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Alconbury CofE Primary School (as of September 2025): 100% would recommend the school, 100% say their child is happy there and 76% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (100%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (76%).
Who goes there
12.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 4.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Huntingdon Rail Station, about 4 miles away in a straight line.
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Manor Lane (opposite), 120 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Alconbury CofE Primary School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
In August 2026, police recorded 10 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, other crime and anti-social behaviour. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Cambridgeshire (57).
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Alconbury CofE Primary School issued 8 suspensions, 3.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from September 2011, 15 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's November 2024 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
The school excels at helping pupils feel secure and valued while building their knowledge and skills through a carefully planned curriculum. Reading is at the heart of everything, and pupils benefit from wonderful enrichment activities including clubs, trips and visitors that broaden their understanding of the world. Pupils are given real responsibility through leadership roles and are enthusiastically prepared for their next steps.
Key Strengths
- Strong focus on reading from early years with books matched to sounds being learned
- Excellent support for pupils with SEND through early identification and tailored strategies
- Rich personal development curriculum with trips, visits and guest speakers linked to learning
- Pupils develop positive attitudes to learning with strong relationships and independence from the start
- Pupils benefit from leadership roles and contribute meaningfully to school life
Areas for Improvement
- Some tasks do not align closely enough with the intended curriculum, limiting pupil progress
- Activities and resources are not always adapted to meet different starting points and needs of pupils
- Some teachers need better implementation of the curriculum and support for pupils with SEND
- Recent curriculum improvements need more time to embed
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective, with pupils feeling safe and knowing that staff respond appropriately when they share feelings or worries.
Extracurricular Activities
Chess club, cake decorating, karate, trips, visits, school councillors, eco-councillors, worship leaders
Alconbury C of E Primary School is a good school where pupils feel part of a welcoming 'Alconbury family' and make positive progress in their learning. The school has high expectations, a strong curriculum, and creates a calm, purposeful atmosphere where pupils behave well and enjoy being at school.
At a Glance
12.1%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
110 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 76% to 68% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 86% to 79% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 90% to 79% (2024 to 2025).
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Alconbury CofE Primary School
Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Alconbury CofE Primary School.
- Limitless - Alconbury720m away · Not yet graded
Term dates
Alconbury CofE Primary School is a voluntary controlled school, so its term dates are set by Cambridgeshire. Training (INSET) days, when pupils are not in school, vary by school: check the school's own calendar.
2026 to 2027
- Autumn term: Tuesday 1 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026)
- Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027)
- Summer term: Monday 12 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027)
2027 to 2028
- Autumn term: Wednesday 1 September to Friday 17 December 2027 (half term Monday 25 October to Friday 29 October 2027)
- Spring term: Tuesday 4 January to Friday 31 March 2028 (half term Monday 14 February to Friday 18 February 2028)
- Summer term: Tuesday 18 April to Friday 21 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028)
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Alconbury CofE Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Alconbury CofE Primary School is in Cambridgeshire; for families living there:
- Cambridgeshire's school travel policy: School Travel Assistance Policy - Mainstream September 2025 326KB - pdf
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 2 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Cambridgeshire is 5 (the median across 312 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Your chances of a place at Alconbury CofE Primary School
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
98%
Near capacity
205 pupils
210 places
5 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Huntingdon
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Huntingdon
Across Cambridgeshire council
Places available
8,107
Applications
6,292
Got 1st preference
94.7%
Got preferred school
99.0%
All primary applications across Cambridgeshire council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Oversubscribed
Inspection History(7)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
36
SEN Support
10
EHC Plans
22.2%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
207
Total Pupils
101
Boys
106
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
12
Teachers
17.3:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£53,592
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£5,287
Per pupil
£1216k
Total funding
£41k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
3.5%
Overall absence
6.6%
Persistent absence
181
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Questions parents ask about Alconbury CofE Primary School
What are SATs results like at Alconbury CofE Primary School?
Of the pupils at Alconbury CofE Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 68% reached the expected standard in reading and 79% did so in maths.
What is Alconbury CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Alconbury CofE Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in November 2024, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in September 2011, it was rated Good.
What is the catchment area for Alconbury CofE Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Alconbury CofE Primary School is oversubscribed, Cambridgeshire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Alconbury CofE Primary School?
Alconbury CofE Primary School was close to full in 2025, at 98% of its capacity.
How many pupils go to Alconbury CofE Primary School?
Alconbury CofE Primary School has around 207 pupils on roll. 12% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Alconbury CofE Primary School?
3.5% of sessions were missed at Alconbury CofE Primary School in 2024/25. 6.6% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Alconbury CofE Primary School?
Apply through Cambridgeshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Alconbury CofE Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Alconbury CofE Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club within a kilometre of Alconbury CofE Primary School: Limitless - Alconbury (720m away, registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
What are Alconbury CofE Primary School's term dates?
Alconbury CofE Primary School is a voluntary controlled school, so its term dates are set by Cambridgeshire. In 2026 to 2027: Autumn term: Tuesday 1 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026); Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027); Summer term: Monday 12 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027). In 2027 to 2028: Autumn term: Wednesday 1 September to Friday 17 December 2027 (half term Monday 25 October to Friday 29 October 2027); Spring term: Tuesday 4 January to Friday 31 March 2028 (half term Monday 14 February to Friday 18 February 2028); Summer term: Tuesday 18 April to Friday 21 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028).
How many road collisions happen near Alconbury CofE Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 2 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Cambridgeshire is 5 (the median across 312 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Alconbury CofE Primary School?
Alconbury CofE Primary School is at School Lane, Alconbury, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 4EQ.
Sources: Cambridgeshire term dates; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)