Chesterton Primary School is a mixed primary academy in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire County Council, teaching 173 pupils aged 4 to 11. It was last inspected by Ofsted in March 2025. In 2024–2025, 42% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 1 June 2026.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for Chesterton Primary School.

Latest inspection
Inspected Ungraded inspection
Outcome: Standards maintained. Ungraded (short) inspections confirm whether standards are maintained since the last full graded inspection — they don’t assign new category grades.
Ungraded inspection · Inspected 12 Mar 2025 · Published 30 Apr 2025
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Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Chesterton Primary School.

Chesterton Primary School term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Interactive Calendar

September 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1 Inset Day
  • 2 Inset Day
  • 3 Autumn Term Starts (First Day for Pupils)
October 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 27–31 Autumn Half Term
November 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 3 Inset Day
  • 4 Autumn Term Resumes (First Day for Pupils)
December 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 19 Autumn Term Ends
  • 22–31 Christmas Holiday
  • 25 Christmas Day
  • 26 Boxing Day
January 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–2 Christmas Holiday
  • 1 New Year's Day
  • 5 Inset Day
  • 6 Spring Term Starts (First Day for All)
February 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
  • 16–20 Spring Half Term
  • 23 Spring Term Resumes (First Day for All)
March 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 27 Spring Term Ends
  • 30–31 Easter Holiday
April 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–10 Easter Holiday
  • 3 Good Friday
  • 6 Easter Monday
  • 13 Summer Term Starts (First Day for All)
May 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 4 Early May Bank Holiday
  • 25–29 Summer Half Term
  • 25 Spring Bank Holiday
June 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1 Summer Term Resumes (First Day for All)
  • 19 Inset Day
July 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 3 Inset Day
  • 17 Last Day for Pupils
  • 20 Inset Day
  • 20–31 Summer Holiday
August 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–31 Summer Holiday
  • 31 Summer Bank Holiday

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Inset Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
  • Inset Day Sep 2, 2025 Inset Day
  • Autumn Term Starts (First Day for Pupils) Sep 3, 2025 Term
  • Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
  • Inset Day Nov 3, 2025 Inset Day
  • Autumn Term Resumes (First Day for Pupils) Nov 4, 2025 Term
  • Autumn Term Ends Dec 19, 2025 Term
  • Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025-Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
  • Inset Day Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
  • Spring Term Starts (First Day for All) Jan 6, 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term Resumes (First Day for All) Feb 23, 2026 Term
  • Spring Term Ends Mar 27, 2026 Term
  • Easter Holiday Mar 30-Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term Starts (First Day for All) Apr 13, 2026 Term
  • Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term Resumes (First Day for All) Jun 1, 2026 Term
  • Inset Day Jun 19, 2026 Inset Day
  • Inset Day Jul 3, 2026 Inset Day
  • Last Day for Pupils Jul 17, 2026 Event
  • Inset Day Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
  • Summer Holiday Jul 20-Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
  • Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
  • Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
  • Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
42% Expected standard at KS2 England 62%
6.3% Persistent absence England 17.8% Top 13%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Chesterton Primary School with Cambridgeshire County Council and England.

Key stage 2 (end of primary) 42% Expected standard in reading, writing & maths

How Year 6 pupils did in the national tests.

This school Cambridgeshire County Council England

Expected standard in reading, writing & maths · The headline primary measure 42%
Cambridgeshire County Council 59% England 62% -20 vs England
Average reading scaled score · 100 = expected standard 103
Cambridgeshire County Council 106 England 106 -3 vs England
Average maths scaled score · 100 = expected standard 102
Cambridgeshire County Council 105 England 105 -3 vs England
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 26
Attendance 6.3% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Cambridgeshire County Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 6.3%
Cambridgeshire County Council 16% England 17.8% -11.5 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 3.8%
Cambridgeshire County Council 6.6% England 6.8% -2.9 vs England
About this data source & caveats

Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.

We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.

Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Chesterton Primary School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.

Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Location & catchment area

Indicative catchment Other primary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Chesterton Primary School than to any other primary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.