School Chooser

Hauxton Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCouncil51 pupilsCambridgeCambridgeshire
School Chooser Score
68
Above
similar schools
Likely range 34 to 88, so it could be “in line”
Out of 100. Better than 87% of the 50 schools most like it. Getting better year on year.
OfstedGoodLast Ofsted inspection, June 2023
Reached the expected level at 1169%England 63%
Attendance95.5%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families18%Far fewer than most schools
Places54 spare51 pupils, 105 places
Pupils per teacher16.5School workforce census

Hauxton Primary School is a council school in Cambridge for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 51 pupils and room for 105. About 18 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. We give it 68 out of 100. That puts it above schools like it, ahead of 87% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2023.

Jopling Way, Hauxton, Cambridge, CB22 5HY01223 870634hauxton.cambs.sch.ukMrs Jayne Lay headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 13 June 2023, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Good overall.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”
Good
BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”
Good
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”
Good
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”
Good
Early years
Good
Safeguarding
Effective
Yes

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

13 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England. With a year group this small, a couple of children can move the percentages a long way.

Reached the expected level at 1169%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level15%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score111.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score109.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 44%44%20172018: 62%62%20182019: 38%38%20192023: 64%64%20232024: 53%53%20242025: 69%69%2025
Since 2017: +25%Improving overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017CambridgeshireEngland
Pupils tested13151413139
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths69%53%64%38%62%44%60%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths15%7%21%0%15%22%8%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score111.0106.0106.0101.0106.0103.0106.0105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score109.0103.0104.0103.0105.0102.0104.6104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score108.0104.0107.0102.0108.0106.0105.2105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard85%87%79%77%85%44%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard77%80%86%62%77%67%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)69%53%71%69%77%78%
Reading progressReading progress score+0.0-4.1+0.8+0.0
Maths progressMaths progress score-0.9-2.8-0.2-0.5

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Plenty of spare places68 pupils for 115 places, 2024/25
59% full

47 places were empty (41% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in. Pupil numbers have fallen by 32% since 2021/22, so places are getting easier to find.

Will my child get a place?

The last child to get a place lived 0.6 miles away in 2023, 1.4 miles away in 2022, 4.4 miles away in 2020. Those cut-offs are for children living outside the catchment area; every child inside it got a place. Brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups are placed first. Type in your postcode to see how far away you are.

We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.

How places were given out for September 2023. More children applied than there were places. The last place went to a child living 0.6 miles from the school. Living closer than that didn't guarantee a place, but living much further away meant missing out that year.

EntryPlacesGot a placeHow far the last child livedSource
2023 Primary15150.6 milesLA
2022 Primary15151.4 miles (distance, outside the catchment area)LA
2020 Primary15154.4 milesLA
2019 Primary15151.8 milesLA
2018 Primary15151.5 milesLA

The distances are the council's own, usually measured in a straight line from home to the school gate. If the distance is getting shorter each year, the school is getting harder to get into. See which councils we have this data for.

What a home within 1.0 miles of the school costs

Typical sale price within 1.0 miles of the school£542,500half sold for £405k to £820k
Homes sold73December 2023 to December 2025, Land Registry
Compared with the district+24%a typical home in the district sells for £436,452

Every home sold within that distance of the school (the typical cut-off over the last three years), of any type, from HM Land Registry records. If homes here cost more than the district average, that is the price people pay to live close enough to get in.

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll51Census January 2026
Places10549% full
Pupils from low-income families18%18% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English12%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support24%12 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan4%2 pupils with a plan
Average class size17.03 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils0%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)19%£15,500 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls32 / 19
White British pupils55%

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (3), language and communications needs (3), Autistic spectrum disorder (2), Moderate learning difficulty (2), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (2), Specific learning difficulty (2).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll5175909696100
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals18%20%19%21%17%11%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language12%16%18%9%5%6%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support16%18%15%9%10%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans5%4%6%4%2%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.5% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance95.5%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school4.4%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils0.02024/25, 1 permanent exclusion
Missed without permission0.8%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence4.5%6.1%7.4%8.6%3.2%3.8%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence3.8%4.6%5.7%6.9%2.6%3.0%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence0.8%1.5%1.6%1.7%0.6%0.9%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence4.4%19.0%23.9%28.3%4.7%8.2%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate0.07.85.23.10.0
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions10000

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers3.1full-time equivalent, 4 people
Pupils per teacher16.5Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants4.9full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£53,891
Teachers who left in the year36%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher1.02024/25

Money

From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£9,513England £7,738. Total £713k
Income per pupil£9,482England £7,697. Total £711k
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,691England £3,480
Money in reserve-2%In the red: -£15k, -£201 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out-£2,306it spent more than it took in this year
Where the money goes£9,513spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m2512 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate40 per 1,000 people56% lower than the England average
Typical house price£435,000South Cambridgeshire

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Harston and Newton Primary SchoolAcademy1.1 miles117Good 202360Compare
Great and Little Shelford CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolChurch of England1.1 miles201Good 202465Compare
Trumpington Meadows Primary SchoolFoundation1.6 miles244Good 202346Compare
Trumpington Park Primary SchoolFree school1.8 miles415Good 202285Compare
Stapleford Community Primary SchoolAcademy2.0 miles210Good 202277Compare
Haslingfield Endowed Primary SchoolVoluntary2.2 miles135Good 202358Compare
Fawcett Primary SchoolFoundation2.2 miles356Report card 202632Compare
Foxton Primary SchoolCouncil2.9 miles79Good 202217Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Hauxton Primary School with the 45 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 45 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats87%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the top quarter of its group. Its score of 68 is 35 points above the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 1 · middle 33 · highest 97100

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 68 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 68% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 34 to 88. That range is wide enough that the school could sit in the next band, so take the band as a rough guide rather than a verdict. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%in line
-0.02
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 13 pupils
Ofsted inspection19% (normally 20%, cut because the inspection is old)in line
+0.01
Ofsted grade, 3.3 years old
Progress pupils make20%in line
-0.04
DfE progress measure; 13 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%above
+0.10
results and attendance rising year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%above
+0.07
2024/25; 69 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%above
+0.10
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 13 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is Hauxton Primary School a good school?

Yes, going by the figures. Hauxton Primary School scores 68 out of 100. That is above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 87% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 34 to 88, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been getting better over the last five years.

What is Hauxton Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Hauxton Primary School good at its last full inspection on 13 June 2023.

How good are Hauxton Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 69% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 15% went further and reached the higher level. The year group was small, so the percentages jump around a lot from year to year.

How many pupils does Hauxton Primary School have?

51 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 105 places, so it is 49% full.

Is Hauxton Primary School oversubscribed, and how far away can you live?

Yes. For September 2023 the last place went to a child living 0.6 miles away. Children in care, brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups come before distance, so the cut-off moves every year.

What is attendance like at Hauxton Primary School?

Pupils were in school 95.5% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 4% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Hauxton Primary School?

The average class had 17.0 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Jopling Way, Hauxton, Cambridge, CB22 5HY
Telephone
01223 870634
Website
www.hauxton.cambs.sch.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Jayne Lay
Type of school
Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Cambridgeshire
Ward
Harston & Comberton
Constituency
South Cambridgeshire
Setting
Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
110673 · LAESTAB 8732205 · UKPRN 10077867

Where these figures come from