Great Staughton Primary Academy, St Neots

Ofsted's report card from its 20 January 2026 inspection grades Great Staughton Primary Academy on 7 areas: 7 strong standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "As a result of the strengths in the curriculum and the highly consistent teaching, pupils achieve well from the early years through to Year 6."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders check attendance daily and analyse attendance patterns with rigour."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have designed a highly ambitious curriculum."

Early years - Strong standard. "The early years foundation stage curriculum is ambitious and precisely identifies the knowledge that children will learn."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Inclusivity permeates the school."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Staff share leaders' highly ambitious vision to foster an inclusive and kind ethos that supports pupils' learning, wellbeing and development."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "The school offers pupils a well-constructed personal development programme."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders and those responsible for governance should sustain the effectiveness of their work in all areas. They should seek continued improvement overcoming barriers and challenges, in order to drive a transformational impact for all pupils. This includes disadvantaged pupils, those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, those who are known (or previously known) to children's social care and those who may face other barriers to their learning and/or wellbeing".

From the headteacher's welcome: "Our aim is to provide a stimulating learning environment in which all members of the school community are respected and valued, where children can develop to the full extent of their abilities. The partnership between home and school is essential in fulfilling these aims. The school welcomes and depends on your co-operation, support and involvement."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:50am and after-school care, from £7.50 per session.

Coming up: an admissions event on Friday 6 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 78% of Year 6 pupils at Great Staughton Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 78% 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 (70% in reading, 90% in maths).

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

For September 2026 entry, 13 families put Great Staughton Primary Academy as their first choice and 22 named it as one of their preferences, for 13 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Great Staughton Primary Academy are Kimbolton Primary Academy (2.8 miles, Good, 100% reading, 100% maths); Kymbrook Primary School (3.6 miles, Good, 92% reading, 75% maths); Crosshall Junior School (3.7 miles, Good, 81% reading, 82% maths); and Crosshall Infant School (3.7 miles, Good).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Great Staughton Primary Academy.

Great Staughton Primary Academy is one of 15 schools run by The Diamond Learning Partnership Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 55% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

36 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Great Staughton Primary Academy (as of April 2026): 69% would recommend the school, 72% say their child is happy there and 20% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (86%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (20%).

13.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 0% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (90%) and Mixed (5%).

In 2026, 14 pupils (17.5%) received SEN support and 2 (2.5%) 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 a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

Great Staughton Primary Academy had 5 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Great Staughton Primary Academy.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Vicarage Walk (near), 250 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 1 crime within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Cambridgeshire (57).

In 2024/25, Great Staughton Primary Academy issued 3 suspensions, 3.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.