Ridgefield Primary School | School performance

80%

RWM expected · 2024/25

23%

RWM higher · 2024/25

226

Pupils · 2024/25

31%

EAL · 2024/25

13%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

80%

RWM expected · 2024/25

23%

RWM higher · 2024/25

226

Pupils · 2024/25

31%

EAL · 2024/25

13%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

80%

RWM expected · 2024/25

23%

RWM higher · 2024/25

226

Pupils · 2024/25

31%

EAL · 2024/25

13%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 19/04/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityCambridgeshire

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio25.6:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterNone

StatusOpen

Overview of Ridgefield Primary School · Primary · Cambridgeshire

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

80%

0pp

81%79%77%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 80%

RWM higher standard

23%

+13pp

23%17%10%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 23%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

80%

Reading higher standard

50%

Writing expected standard

83%

Writing higher standard

23%

Maths expected standard

87%

Maths higher standard

43%

Science expected standard

87%

SPAG expected standard

83%

SPAG higher standard

53%

Reading scaled score

107.0

Maths scaled score

109.0

GPS scaled score

109.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

226

Pupil : teacher ratio

25.6

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

31%

FSM eligible

23%

SEN

13%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

13%

Contact

Address

Radegund Road, Cambridge, CB1 3RL

Local authority

Cambridgeshire

Website

www.ridgefieldprimary.org/

Telephone

01223712418

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	80%	23%	80%	50%	83%	23%	87%	43%	87%	83%	107.0	109.0	109.0	—	—	—	13%	226
2023/24	80%	10%	80%	33%	90%	13%	93%	50%	90%	90%	107.0	109.0	108.0	—	—	—	16%	232
2022/23	81%	16%	84%	42%	87%	16%	97%	55%	90%	84%	107.0	110.0	108.0	+1.80	+1.60	+5.50	12%	243
2018/19	79%	10%	86%	31%	86%	17%	93%	31%	90%	93%	106.0	106.0	108.0	+1.40	-0.20	+0.50	13%	233
2017/18	77%	12%	77%	27%	88%	19%	88%	31%	88%	69%	104.0	106.0	105.0	+0.10	+1.20	+2.10	12%	232
2016/17	70%	19%	74%	44%	85%	26%	89%	33%	89%	89%	108.0	108.0	107.0	+2.60	+1.00	+1.60	9%	225

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	226	24.8	13%	31%	23%	6%	13%
2023/24	232	23.0	16%	29%	27%	6%	15%
2022/23	243	21.9	12%	29%	28%	6%	17%
2021/22	226	22.4	13%	21%	29%	5%	17%
2020/21	245	24.6	11%	21%	24%	—	—
2018/19	233	22.4	13%	22%	30%	4%	9%
2017/18	232	22.5	12%	29%	26%	4%	11%
2016/17	225	22.0	9%	26%	26%	4%	11%