Waterbeach Community Primary School
Community primary school in Cambridge (Cambridgeshire).
KS2 RWM expected
57%
▼ 5pp England 2024/25: 62%
2024/25
Reading expected
78%
▲ 3pp England 2024/25: 75%
2024/25
Maths expected
60%
▼ 14pp England 2024/25: 74%
2024/25
Writing expected
69%
▼ 3pp England 2024/25: 72%
2024/25
Attendance rate
95.8%
▲ 1pp England 2024/25: 94.8%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
21.9
▲ 1.2 England 2025/26: 20.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
18.8%
▼ 6pp England 2025/26: 24.9%
school census 15/01/2026
Capacity
83%
521 / 630 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Compare measures over time
Where each figure sits
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| Measure | Latest year | This school | In England | In Cambridgeshire |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | 2024/25 | 4.2% | joint 12,040th highest of 16,262 (46 schools have the same figure) | 150th highest of 210 |
| Unauthorised absence | 2024/25 | 0.7% | joint 14,361st highest of 16,262 (94 schools have the same figure) | joint 158th highest of 210 (3 schools have the same figure) |
| Pupils suspended at least once | 2024/25 | 0.4% | joint 10,164th highest of 16,268 (37 schools have the same figure) | joint 158th highest of 210 (2 schools have the same figure) |
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | 2024/25 | 0.4 | - | - |
| Permanent exclusions | 2024/25 | 0.00% | - | - |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | 2025/26 | 18.8% | joint 8,913th highest of 16,710 (67 schools have the same figure) | 94th highest of 210 |
| Any SEN | 2025/26 | 15.9% | joint 11,256th highest of 16,706 (106 schools have the same figure) | joint 154th highest of 210 (2 schools have the same figure) |
| SEN support | 2025/26 | 13.8% | joint 9,574th highest of 16,706 (95 schools have the same figure) | joint 133rd highest of 210 (2 schools have the same figure) |
| Education, health and care plans | 2025/26 | 2.1% | joint 12,920th highest of 16,706 (303 schools have the same figure) | joint 152nd highest of 210 (9 schools have the same figure) |
| Teachers (FTE) | 2024/25 | 25.6 | - | - |
| Teachers (headcount) | 2024/25 | 31 | - | - |
| Teaching assistants (FTE) | 2024/25 | 19.6 | - | - |
| Pupils per teacher | 2024/25 | 21.4 | joint 7,280th highest of 16,147 (202 schools have the same figure) | joint 89th highest of 208 (2 schools have the same figure) |
| Pupils per adult | 2024/25 | 11.4 | joint 6,122nd highest of 16,163 (292 schools have the same figure) | joint 62nd highest of 209 (4 schools have the same figure) |
| Teacher turnover | 2024/25 | 22.3% | joint 3,740th highest of 16,165 (16 schools have the same figure) | joint 62nd highest of 209 (2 schools have the same figure) |
| Teachers taking sickness absence | 2024/25 | 59.3% | - | - |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 2024/25 | 4.8 | - | - |
| Key stage 2 expected standard | 2024/25 | 57% | joint 9,542nd highest of 14,270 (386 schools have the same figure) | joint 121st highest of 195 (6 schools have the same figure) |
| Places | 2023/24 | 630 | - | - |
| Pupils | 2023/24 | 517 | - | - |
| Unfilled places | 2023/24 | 17.9% | - | - |
| Key stage 2 reading progress | 2022/23 | +1.5 | - | - |
| Key stage 2 writing progress | 2022/23 | +2.9 | - | - |
| Key stage 2 maths progress | 2022/23 | +1.5 | - | - |
"Nth highest of N" counts the schools of the same type in the same school year that have a figure, with the highest figure first. It says where a figure sits, not whether it is good: for absence and suspensions lower is usually better, while free school meals and special needs reflect who the school serves. Where other schools have exactly the same figure the position is called "joint" and the number of schools with that figure is given. A dash means no position is held, because only one school has a figure or every school has the same figure.
Ofsted inspections
- 26/03/2025 (school year 2024/25): Ungraded inspection (no grade given)
- 23/02/2016 (school year 2015/16): Good
- 03/12/2013 (school year 2013/14): Requires improvement
Figures: the yearly series on this page. Positions: open schools in England, built 2026-10-27 from the DfE releases held by WhatSchool (school census, absence, exclusions, workforce, key stage 2 and 4), Open Government Licence v3.0. Ofsted dates: Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026. DfE has not published key stage 2 progress since 2022/23, so each progress measure has one year.
Attendance and behaviour
iAbsence is the share of possible sessions (half days) missed, for full academic years (no 2019/20 figure is published). Pupils suspended at least once and permanent exclusions are shares of pupils; suspensions per 100 pupils counts every suspension. 2020/21 and 2021/22 were affected by COVID-19.Overall absence4.2% 2024/25
This school
4.1%
2016/17
3.5%
2017/18
3.8%
2018/19
2.9%
2020/21
6.5%
2021/22
4.9%
2022/23
4.9%
2023/24
4.2%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence0.7% 2024/25
This school
0.9%
2016/17
0.8%
2017/18
0.9%
2018/19
0.4%
2020/21
0.6%
2021/22
0.6%
2022/23
0.9%
2023/24
0.7%
2024/25
Pupils suspended at least once0.4% 2024/25
This school
0%
2017/18
0%
2018/19
0%
2019/20
0%
2020/21
0%
2021/22
0.4%
2022/23
0.4%
2023/24
0.4%
2024/25
Suspensions per 100 pupils0.4 2024/25
This school
0.0
2017/18
0.0
2018/19
0.0
2019/20
0.0
2020/21
0.0
2021/22
0.4
2022/23
0.6
2023/24
0.4
2024/25
Permanent exclusions0.00% 2024/25
This school
0.00%
2017/18
0.00%
2018/19
0.00%
2019/20
0.00%
2020/21
0.00%
2021/22
0.00%
2022/23
0.00%
2023/24
0.00%
2024/25
Pupils
iPupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) and special educational needs (SEN) are shares of all pupils on roll in the January census.Eligible for free school meals (census)18.8% 2025/26
This school
10.8%
2019/20
15.8%
2020/21
17.3%
2021/22
19.2%
2022/23
19%
2023/24
20.7%
2024/25
18.8%
2025/26
Any SEN15.9% 2025/26
This school
7.9%
2019/20
8.3%
2020/21
9.1%
2021/22
8.8%
2022/23
13.4%
2023/24
13.9%
2024/25
15.9%
2025/26
SEN support13.8% 2025/26
This school
6.7%
2019/20
7.3%
2020/21
7.5%
2021/22
7.1%
2022/23
11.6%
2023/24
11.6%
2024/25
13.8%
2025/26
Education, health and care plans2.1% 2025/26
This school
1.2%
2019/20
0.9%
2020/21
1.6%
2021/22
1.6%
2022/23
1.7%
2023/24
2.3%
2024/25
2.1%
2025/26
Staff
iTeacher numbers are full-time equivalents (FTE) or headcount from the November school workforce census. Turnover is the share of teachers who left in the year.Teachers (FTE)25.6 2024/25
This school
15.4
2017/18
16.6
2018/19
16.4
2019/20
21.1
2020/21
21.2
2021/22
22.2
2022/23
23.0
2023/24
25.6
2024/25
Teachers (headcount)31 2024/25
This school
19
2017/18
19
2018/19
18
2019/20
24
2020/21
26
2021/22
27
2022/23
29
2023/24
31
2024/25
Teaching assistants (FTE)19.6 2024/25
This school
8.5
2017/18
10.3
2018/19
11.9
2019/20
15.0
2020/21
18.6
2021/22
17.9
2022/23
18.5
2023/24
19.6
2024/25
Pupils per teacher21.4 2024/25
This school
23.5
2017/18
23.7
2018/19
24.8
2019/20
20.0
2020/21
21.3
2021/22
22.1
2022/23
22.4
2023/24
21.4
2024/25
Pupils per adult11.4 2024/25
This school
15.0
2017/18
14.5
2018/19
14.2
2019/20
11.5
2020/21
10.9
2021/22
11.9
2022/23
12.0
2023/24
11.4
2024/25
Teacher turnover22.3% 2024/25
This school
2.6%
2017/18
10.1%
2018/19
10.2%
2019/20
4.7%
2020/21
12.3%
2021/22
10.8%
2022/23
17.4%
2023/24
22.3%
2024/25
Teachers taking sickness absence59.3% 2024/25
This school
47.4%
2016/17
26.3%
2017/18
47.4%
2018/19
23.1%
2020/21
85.7%
2021/22
66.7%
2022/23
57.1%
2023/24
59.3%
2024/25
Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers)4.8 2024/25
This school
1.2
2016/17
0.8
2017/18
1.8
2018/19
1.8
2020/21
6.3
2021/22
1.7
2022/23
2.0
2023/24
4.8
2024/25
Results
iKey stage 2: pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Key stage 4: Attainment 8 (average points across eight subjects) and Progress 8.Key stage 2 expected standard57% 2024/25
This school
44%
2022/23
56%
2023/24
57%
2024/25
Places
iPlaces and pupils come from the school capacity survey, so pupil numbers can differ from the January census figure.Places630 2023/24
This school
390
2015/16
390
2016/17
390
2017/18
390
2018/19
630
2020/21
630
2021/22
630
2022/23
630
2023/24
Pupils517 2023/24
This school
343
2015/16
357
2016/17
361
2017/18
388
2018/19
424
2020/21
456
2021/22
493
2022/23
517
2023/24
Unfilled places17.9% 2023/24
This school
12.1%
2015/16
8.5%
2016/17
7.4%
2017/18
0.5%
2018/19
32.7%
2020/21
27.6%
2021/22
21.7%
2022/23
17.9%
2023/24
All the numbers
iA dash means no published figure for that year. Each year is a school year, for example 2024/25 is September 2024 to August 2025.Yearly series held by WhatSchool from DfE school census, absence, exclusions, workforce, capacity and performance table releases. Series end at different years because DfE publishes them on different timetables. Latest-year values here can differ from the headline on another tab where DfE has revised a figure.Scroll sideways for more
| Measure | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | - | - | 4.1% | 3.5% | 3.8% | - | 2.9% | 6.5% | 4.9% | 4.9% | 4.2% | - |
| Unauthorised absence | - | - | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.9% | - | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 0.7% | - |
| Pupils suspended at least once | - | - | 0.3% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | - |
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | - | - | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | - |
| Permanent exclusions | - | - | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | - |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | - | - | - | - | - | 10.8% | 15.8% | 17.3% | 19.2% | 19% | 20.7% | 18.8% |
| Any SEN | - | - | - | - | - | 7.9% | 8.3% | 9.1% | 8.8% | 13.4% | 13.9% | 15.9% |
| SEN support | - | - | - | - | - | 6.7% | 7.3% | 7.5% | 7.1% | 11.6% | 11.6% | 13.8% |
| Education, health and care plans | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2% | 0.9% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 2.3% | 2.1% |
| Teachers (FTE) | - | 13.7 | 14.4 | 15.4 | 16.6 | 16.4 | 21.1 | 21.2 | 22.2 | 23.0 | 25.6 | - |
| Teachers (headcount) | - | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 31 | - |
| Teaching assistants (FTE) | - | 10.7 | 10.1 | 8.5 | 10.3 | 11.9 | 15.0 | 18.6 | 17.9 | 18.5 | 19.6 | - |
| Pupils per teacher | - | 24.6 | 24.3 | 23.5 | 23.7 | 24.8 | 20.0 | 21.3 | 22.1 | 22.4 | 21.4 | - |
| Pupils per adult | - | 13.7 | 14.2 | 15.0 | 14.5 | 14.2 | 11.5 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 12.0 | 11.4 | - |
| Teacher turnover | 15.5% | 27.3% | 20.5% | 2.6% | 10.1% | 10.2% | 4.7% | 12.3% | 10.8% | 17.4% | 22.3% | - |
| Teachers taking sickness absence | 50% | 38.9% | 47.4% | 26.3% | 47.4% | - | 23.1% | 85.7% | 66.7% | 57.1% | 59.3% | - |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.8 | - | 1.8 | 6.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 4.8 | - |
| Key stage 2 expected standard | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 44% | 56% | 57% | - |
| Places | 390 | 390 | 390 | 390 | 390 | - | 630 | 630 | 630 | 630 | - | - |
| Pupils | 316 | 343 | 357 | 361 | 388 | - | 424 | 456 | 493 | 517 | - | - |
| Unfilled places | 19% | 12.1% | 8.5% | 7.4% | 0.5% | - | 32.7% | 27.6% | 21.7% | 17.9% | - | - |
Where this school sits in England
iEach figure is placed among state-funded primary schools in England that report it for the same school year. "Higher than 70% of schools" means 70 in every 100 schools have a lower figure. This describes where a figure sits, not whether it is good: for absence and suspensions lower is usually better, while free school meals and special needs reflect who the school serves. It is not a ranking of the school.Scroll sideways for more
| Measure | This school | Year | Position | Schools compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | 4.2% | 2024/25 | Higher than 26% of schools | 15,967 |
| Unauthorised absence | 0.7% | 2024/25 | Higher than 11% of schools | 15,967 |
| Pupils suspended at least once | 0.4% | 2024/25 | Higher than 37% of schools | 15,971 |
| Pupils per teacher | 21.9 | 2025/26 | Higher than 61% of schools | 16,358 |
| Pupils per adult | 11.2 | 2025/26 | Higher than 59% of schools | 16,358 |
| Teacher turnover | 22.3% | 2024/25 | Higher than 77% of schools | 15,868 |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 4.8 | 2024/25 | Higher than 69% of schools | 15,016 |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | 18.8% | 2025/26 | Higher than 46% of schools | 16,436 |
| Special educational needs | 15.9% | 2025/26 | Higher than 32% of schools | 16,436 |
| Education, health and care plans | 2.1% | 2025/26 | Higher than 21% of schools | 16,436 |
| English as an additional language | 29% | 2025/26 | Higher than 76% of schools | 16,436 |
| Pupils on roll | 521 | year not recorded | Higher than 94% of schools | 16,437 |
Get Information about Schools and DfE school-level releases (school census, absence, exclusions, workforce, finance) held by WhatSchool; 24,734 open schools in England, built 2026-10-24 from the Get Information about Schools extract of 2026-10-24. Open Government Licence v3.0.
See also: Results · Disadvantage