Shirley Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Shirley Community Primary School is a primary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 March 2024. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Nuffield Road, Chesterton, Cambridge, CB4 1TF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 303 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 March 2024
Strengths
- “Shirley Community Primary School is a diverse and inclusive school.”
- “Pupils celebrate their differences saying that it ‘is what makes us unique’.”
- “Pupils are happy and develop positive relationships between each other and with adults.”
To improve
- “However, the planning for a small number of subjects is less advanced.”
- “Here, explicit links to the early years and key stage 3 curriculum are less clear.”
- “As a result, on occasion pupils are not as secure in the knowledge they need when moving to the next stage of the school’s planned curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 April 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 43% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 23 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 23 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2020, as Cambridgeshire published it, drawn on the map
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Earlier years of exam results
- Which schools pupils move on to or come from
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Cambridgeshire.
- Chesterton Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Grove Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Kings Hedges Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Fen Ditton Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Milton Road Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Galfrid School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Arbury Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Laurence Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi Good