Ridgefield Primary School

CambridgeshireFoundation school

Radegund Road, Cambridge, CB1 3RL

Headteacher: Mrs Victoria TrewSchool website ↗Pupils: 226 (capacity: 210)Part of The City of Cambridge Education Foundation
Ofsted pending
No inspection on record
Oversubscribed
79% of first-choice applicants offered a place
80%
Reading, Writing & Maths
79%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
80.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
23.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 80%·Writing 83%·Maths 87%All three 80%
Reading
Expected80%
Exceeding50%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected83%
Exceeding23%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected87%
Exceeding43%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
29
How many families wanted this school first?
34
How many got their first choice?
27of 34 (79.4%)
How many applied in total?
91

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
37.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
23.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
17.0%
Boys and girls
55%girls·45%boys
124 girls, 102 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

→ Peaked at 81% (2022/23), currently 80%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1667.0%10.0%+3.8+1.9+0.3
2016/1770.0%19.0%+2.6+1.0+1.6
2017/1877.0%12.0%+0.1+1.2+2.1
2018/1979.0%10.0%+1.4-0.2+0.5
2022/2381.0%16.0%+1.8+1.6+5.5
2023/2480.0%10.0%---
2024/2580.0%23.0%---