Cottenham Primary School

Primary school

Cottenham Primary School is a primary school in South Cambridgeshire, for pupils aged 5 to 11. It had 471 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Ofsted

Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026

Good (overall), May 2023

Inspection: Graded inspection, 16 May 2023
Overall effectiveness: Good
Quality of education: Good
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
Personal development: Outstanding
Leadership and management: Good

Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.

Results

Department for Education

In 2024/25, 61% of pupils at Cottenham Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 59% in Cambridgeshire and 62% in England.

8% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

End of primary school (KS2)

2024/25

Measure	This school	Cambridgeshire	England
Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths	61%	59%	62%
Reached the higher standard	8%	7%	8%
Average scaled score in reading	107	106	106
Average scaled score in maths	105	105	105

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

Schools nearby

In a straight line

Cottenham Village CollegeSecondary. Good (overall), October 2023. Attainment 8 of 52.9 (2025/26, provisional)620 m
The Centre SchoolSpecial. Good (overall), May 2024620 m

Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in South Cambridgeshire

Where these figures come from

Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).