Colville Primary School, Cambridge

From the headteacher's welcome: "The staff and I take this opportunity to welcome you and your children to the school. We are always pleased to see parents and carers in the school. Children are much more likely to be successful when school and home work in close partnership and it is such a relationship we should like to develop with you."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, cricket and choir.

The school runs after-school care.

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils at Colville Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 69% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 74% in Cambridgeshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (72% in reading, 69% in maths).

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 18 families put Colville Primary School as their first choice and 40 named it as one of their preferences, for 20 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Colville Primary School are Cherry Hinton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 67% reading, 67% maths); Bewick Bridge Community Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 90% reading, 90% maths); The Spinney Primary School (0.4 miles, Requires improvement, 79% reading, 79% maths); and Queen Emma Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 84% reading, 87% maths).

Colville Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

60 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Colville Primary School (as of September 2025): 93% would recommend the school, 97% say their child is happy there and 77% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (98%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (77%).

43.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (36%), White British (29%) and Mixed (10%).

In 2026, 35 pupils (15.8%) received SEN support and 19 (8.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Colville Primary School has a SEN unit for speech, language and communication needs: 12 places, 12 pupils on roll.

Colville Primary School had 15 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Cambridge Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Augers Road (opposite), 90 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 123 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Cambridgeshire (57), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Colville Primary School issued 6 suspensions, 2.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Colville Primary School are St Bede's Inter-Church School (0.6 miles), The Netherhall School (0.7 miles), Coleridge Community College (1.1 miles) and Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology (1.7 miles).