Histon Early Years Centre
Histon Early Years Centre is a local authority nursery school in Cambridge for boys and girls aged 1 to 5. It has 99 pupils. About 5 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2022.
New School Road, Histon, Histon Early Years, Cambridge, CB24 9LL01223 712075histon.cambs.sch.ukMrs Karen Scott acting headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 12 July 2022, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall.
This inspection is more than 4 years old. When Ofsted next visits, the school will get a report card instead of one grade.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Cambridgeshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (4), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (1), Vision impairment (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 99 | 107 | 102 | 115 | 101 | 114 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 5% | 0% | 7% | 7% | 3% | 4% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 14% | 14% | 10% | 10% | 12% | 14% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 2% | 2% | 5% | 1% | 5% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 2% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
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.
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
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 schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Histon and Impington Brook Primary School | Academy | 650 m | 408 | No overall grade 2024 | 99 | Compare |
| The Cavendish School | Free school | 710 m | 128 | Outstanding 2024 | – | Compare |
| Impington Village College | Academy | 750 m | 1,446 | No overall grade 2025 | 91 | Compare |
| Histon and Impington Park Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 425 | Outstanding 2024 | 96 | Compare |
| Gretton School | Independent (grammar) | 0.9 miles | 172 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Hope Tree School | Independent (grammar) | 0.9 miles | 33 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Orchard Park Community Primary School | Council | 1.1 miles | 180 | Good 2022 | 8 | Compare |
| Girton Glebe Primary School | Academy | 1.1 miles | 189 | Good 2022 | 78 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Histon Early Years Centre a good school?
Histon Early Years Centre doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in July 2022.
What is Histon Early Years Centre's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Histon Early Years Centre good at its last full inspection on 12 July 2022. That was more than four years ago. When Ofsted next visits, the school will get a report card instead of a single grade.
How many pupils does Histon Early Years Centre have?
99 pupils aged 1 to 5 were on the roll in January 2026.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- New School Road, Histon, Histon Early Years, Cambridge, CB24 9LL
- Telephone
- 01223 712075
- Website
- www.histon.cambs.sch.uk
- Acting Headteacher
- Mrs Karen Scott
- Type of school
- Local authority nursery school (Local authority nursery school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Nursery school, ages 1-5, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Ward
- Histon & Impington
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 110595 · LAESTAB 8731003
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.