Waterbeach Community Primary School

General Information

Address: High Street, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9JU
Phone: 01223718988
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Neil Lloyd
Age range: 4-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Number of pupils: 521
School capacity: 630
Pupils eligible for free school meals: 98
% eligible for free school meals: 18.8%
Nursery provision: No

Behaviour

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About this Behaviour status

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Behaviour information for this school has not been added yet.

Attendance

Overall absence: 4.2%
Persistently absent pupils: 8.7%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

SEN provision information for this school has not been added yet.

Pupils on SEN Support: 13.8%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.1%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 38 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 17 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2025 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

Educational attainment data for this school has not been added yet.

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Financials

Financial summary information for this school has not been added yet.

Spending per pupil: £6,102 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

Ranked #51 of 59 Spending Per Pupil schools of this type in the area

#49The Bellbird Primary School£6,253
#50Bar Hill Community Primary School£6,107
#51Waterbeach Community Primary School£6,102
#52Jeavons Wood Primary School£6,095
#53Hardwick and Cambourne Community Primary School£6,084

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

#1The Newton Community Primary School£10,980
#2Marleigh Primary Academy£9,653
#3Hauxton Primary School£9,513
#4Foxton Primary School£9,481
#5Guilden Morden CofE Primary Academy£9,305
#6Dry Drayton CofE (C) Primary School£9,106
#7Fen Drayton Primary School£8,717
#8Orchard Park Community Primary School£8,370
#9Fowlmere Primary School£8,315
#10Teversham CofE VA Primary School£8,249
#11Meldreth Primary School£8,235
#12Northstowe Learning Community£7,879
#13Trumpington Meadows Primary School£7,843
#14Fulbourn Primary School£7,674
#15Steeple Morden CofE VC Primary School£7,659
#16Histon and Impington Brook Primary School£7,574
#17Coton Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School£7,561
#18Great Abington Primary School£7,539
#19Willingham Primary School£7,388
#20Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy£7,224
#21Swavesey Primary School£7,198
#22Fen Ditton Primary School£7,169
#23Girton Glebe Primary School£7,130
#24Castle Camps Church of England (Controlled) Primary School£7,111
#25Melbourn Primary School£7,104
#26Pendragon Community Primary School£7,054
#27Great and Little Shelford CofE (Aided) Primary School£7,029
#28Duxford Church of England Community Primary School£6,998
#29The Icknield Primary School£6,944
#30Caldecote Primary School£6,929
#31Stapleford Community Primary School£6,918
#32Petersfield CofE Aided Primary School£6,851
#33William Westley Church of England VC Primary School£6,777
#34Monkfield Park Primary School£6,765
#35The Vine Inter-Church Primary School£6,718
#36Meridian Primary School£6,705
#37Barrington CofE VC Primary School£6,661
#38Oakington CofE Primary School£6,600
#39Bassingbourn Primary School£6,557
#40Elsworth CofE VA Primary School£6,534
#41Meadow Primary School£6,498
#42Haslingfield Endowed Primary School£6,483
#43Babraham CofE (VC) Primary School£6,465
#44Barton CofE VA Primary School£6,418
#45Bourn CofE Primary Academy£6,405
#46Thriplow CofE Primary School£6,394
#47Over Primary School£6,306
#48Cottenham Primary School£6,296
#49The Bellbird Primary School£6,253
#50Bar Hill Community Primary School£6,107
#51Waterbeach Community Primary School£6,102
#52Jeavons Wood Primary School£6,095
#53Hardwick and Cambourne Community Primary School£6,084
#54Gamlingay Village Primary£6,020
#55Milton Church of England Primary School£5,872
#56Harston and Newton Primary School£5,624
#57Pathfinder CofE Primary School£5,543
#58Hatton Park Primary School£5,282
#59Histon and Impington Park Primary School£5,032

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