Fowlmere Primary School
The Butts, Fowlmere, Royston, SG8 7SLOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Fowlmere Primary School is a primary school in Royston for ages 4 to 11. It is one of the 309 schools in Cambridgeshire. It ranks 9th of 9 primary schools in Royston. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in April 2025, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 23 April 2025, report published 8 June 2025
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years provision
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 23 April 2025
Fowlmere Primary School is an inviting and friendly school. Staff welcome pupils into school each day. Pupils enjoy attending and they feel safe. This is because staff have established positive relationships with them. Pupils appreciate and trust the adults to look after them. Pupils learn an engaging curriculum. This curriculum reflects the school's expectations that pupils will achieve well. However, there is a variance in pupils' experiences. For example, in some subjects, pupils lack opportunities to revisit their previous learning and deepen their understanding. As a result, some pupils do not achieve as well as the school intends. Pupils behave well and are polite to one another. Staff ensure that children in the Reception Year quickly learn how to respect each other and their surroundings. Pupils listen carefully in class and are keen to learn. Pupils say that bullying is rare. When it does happen, adults take it seriously and deal with incidents fairly and straight away. Pupils develop their character through the school's core values of care, ambition, determination, teamwork and confidence. Learning about these helps to develop pupils' independence and social skills. House captains and deputy house captains play a role during sports day. They are positive role models for younger pupils.
What the school should improve
- Staff have not had sufficient support and guidance to help them understand the specific needs of pupils with SEND. This has resulted in some pupils with SEND not having their needs correctly identified and therefore not being appropriately supported during lessons. The school should ensure that there are clear systems and procedures in place to provide useful and accurate information to staff so that pupils with SEND receive effective support and, therefore, achieve the best that they can.
- The school's approaches to helping pupils recall and retain knowledge are not consistently effective. This means that pupils do not remember their prior learning well enough in some subjects, limiting their progress through the curriculum. The school should support staff to use effective strategies to help pupils retain the knowledge that they have learned over time.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
12 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
73 pupils on roll, with places for 120
Schools near Fowlmere Primary School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thriplow CofE Primary School | 1 mile | Ofsted: Good | 75% met the expected standard |
| Foxton Primary School | 2 miles | Ofsted: Good | 67% met the expected standard |
| Melbourn Primary School | 2 miles | Report card: Expected standard | 62% met the expected standard |
| Meldreth Primary School | 3 miles | Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding | 79% met the expected standard |
| Barrington CofE VC Primary School | 3 miles | Ofsted: Good | 40% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Community school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery classes
- No
- Headteacher
- Mrs Janet Muir
- Phone
- 01763208203
- Address
- The Butts, Fowlmere, Royston, SG8 7SL
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- URN
- 110607
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.