Schools in East Cambridgeshire
37 state-funded schools, 13,303 pupils. 88.9% of those carrying an Ofsted grade are Good or Outstanding, including 1 rated Outstanding.
Ofsted Management Information, Feb 2026. Grades are the current published rating, which may pre-date the school’s most recent visit.
Ofsted grades
1 school has been inspected under Ofsted's post-September-2024 report-card framework, which replaces the single 1–4 grade with separate judgments. Those are excluded from the percentages above rather than mapped onto the old scale, because the two scales have no clean equivalence.
Quick answers
How many schools are there in East Cambridgeshire?
East Cambridgeshire has 37 state-funded schools teaching 13,303 pupils. 29 primary, 5 secondary, 3 special.
What percentage of schools in East Cambridgeshire are Good or Outstanding?
88.9% of the 36 schools carrying an Ofsted grade in East Cambridgeshire are rated Good or Outstanding: 1 Outstanding and 31 Good. 4 require improvement and 0 are rated Inadequate.
Which schools in East Cambridgeshire are rated Outstanding?
1 school is currently rated Outstanding by Ofsted in East Cambridgeshire: Soham Village College.
Rated Outstanding
Ofsted’s highest grade. Largest first; a grade can be several years old, so the year is shown.
- Soham Village CollegeSecondary1,432Outstanding 2024
By phase
| Phase | Schools | Graded | Good or better |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 29 | 29 | 93.1% |
| Secondary | 5 | 4 | 75% |
| Special | 3 | 3 | 66.7% |
Every school in East Cambridgeshire
Showing 20 of 37 schools.
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Ely College | Secondary | 1,649 | Good2019 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Bottisham Village College | Secondary | 1,465 | Requires Improvement2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Soham Village College | Secondary | 1,432 | Outstanding2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Witchford Village College | Secondary | 767 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Vista Academy Littleport | Secondary | 532 | Inadequate2022Serious weaknesses | OfstedWebsite | |
St Andrew's CofE Primary School | Primary | 460 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Isle of Ely Primary School | Primary | 446 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Fordham CofE Primary School | Primary | 414 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Lantern Community Primary School | Primary | 400 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Littleport Community Primary School | Primary | 398 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Millfield Primary School | Primary | 379 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Burwell Village College (Primary) | Primary | 377 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
The Weatheralls Primary School | Primary | 367 | Requires Improvement2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Ely St John's Community Primary School | Primary | 365 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
The Rackham Church of England Primary School and Pre-School | Primary | 323 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Robert Arkenstall Primary School | Primary | 286 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Bottisham Community Primary School | Primary | 273 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Sutton CofE VC Primary School | Primary | 269 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
The Shade Primary School | Primary | 267 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Ely St Mary's CofE Junior School | Primary | 240 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
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