Bar Hill Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Bar Hill Community Primary School is a primary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 September 2022.
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Catchment area for Bar Hill Community Primary School
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school, on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Earlier exam results, 2022/23 to 2023/24
- Which schools pupils move on to or come from
- Crime, sold prices and rents, broadband and transport around the school
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Key facts
- Address
- Gladeside, Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB23 8DY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 229 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 September 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at Bar Hill benefit from a purposeful education.”
- “They are supported to grow and learn in an environment that is caring and supportive.”
- “Pupils appreciate the safe and friendly community where they come to learn and play.”
To improve
- “In a small number of foundation subjects where plans are new, the assessment routines are not fully established.”
- “Some pupils have gaps in their reading knowledge.”
- “However, leaders agree that expertise needs to be more secure across all the staff teaching pupils to read.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 October 2022 (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) | 74% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 18 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Cambridgeshire.
- Dry Drayton CofE (C) Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Oakington CofE Primary School 2.1 mi Good
- Hatton Park Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Pathfinder CofE Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Hardwick and Cambourne Community Primary School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Girton Glebe Primary School 2.9 mi Good
- Swavesey Primary School 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Coton Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School 3.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published