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Inspected Mar 2023 · View report
70% combined
KS2 Expected Standard
2024-25 · cohort of 10
Admission figures: 2026-27
Apply by Fri 15 Jan 2027 · offers Fri 16 Apr 2027in 61 days
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Priority order when there are more applications than places, 2027-28 (Reception):
If two applications tie: Within each criterion, where children are of equal merit, priority goes to those living nearest the school, measured in a straight line. If two or more children live at the same address point, or two addresses are the same distance from the school, the final tiebreaker is random selection, witnessed by a Council officer independent of the Admissions Team.
Local-authority coordinated default oversubscription criteria for Cambridgeshire County Council's community and voluntary-controlled schools (the council is the admission authority). Some community/voluntary-controlled schools in this authority apply catchment-area, feeder-school or priority-area variants — check the individual school for its exact arrangements. Document also gives a separate default ordered list for Junior schools (10 criteria, including partner infant school attendance) which differs from the Primary/Infant list extracted above.
Published by the admission authority. A criterion sets the order places are offered in and never guarantees a place.
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September 2026 entry: everyone who put it first was offered a place (9 of 9); 17 applied for 10 places.
We can’t say from this how far away a family could live and still get a place.
Priority order when there are more applications than places, 2027-28 (Reception):
If two applications tie: Within each criterion, where children are of equal merit, priority goes to those living nearest the school, measured in a straight line. If two or more children live at the same address point, or two addresses are the same distance from the school, the final tiebreaker is random selection, witnessed by a Council officer independent of the Admissions Team.
Local-authority coordinated default oversubscription criteria for Cambridgeshire County Council's community and voluntary-controlled schools (the council is the admission authority). Some community/voluntary-controlled schools in this authority apply catchment-area, feeder-school or priority-area variants — check the individual school for its exact arrangements. Document also gives a separate default ordered list for Junior schools (10 criteria, including partner infant school attendance) which differs from the Primary/Infant list extracted above.
Published by the admission authority. A criterion sets the order places are offered in and never guarantees a place.
Ofsted judged Dry Drayton CofE (C) Primary School, and Pre-School's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in March 2023, on Ofsted's own scale.
Dry Drayton CofE (C) Primary School, and Pre-School has 64 pupils on roll.
In 2024-25, 70% of pupils at the end of primary school (key stage 2) reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Trends and the detail behind each figure are on the Results tab.
Dry Drayton CofE (C) Primary School, and Pre-School admits pupils aged 4 to 11.
Dry Drayton CofE (C) Primary School, and Pre-School is located in Cambridge, CB23 8DA, Cambridgeshire.
Dry Drayton CofE (C) Primary School, and Pre-School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.
Yes — Dry Drayton CofE (C) Primary School, and Pre-School has a religious character of Church of England. Faith criteria may apply to admissions; check the school's oversubscription policy for details.
When Dry Drayton CofE (C) Primary School, and Pre-School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Children in Care / previously in care — Children in Care, formerly called Looked After Children (LAC), and children who were previously Children in Care but stopped being so through adoption, a residence order (now called a child arrangement order) or special guardianship order, or children who appear to have left state care outside England through adoption; 2. In catchment with sibling — Children living in the catchment area who have a sibling at the school (or a partner junior school) when they are admitted; 3. In catchment — Children living in the catchment area, and 3 further criteria. The school offers 10 places at this entry point. Tie-break: Within each criterion, where children are of equal merit, priority goes to those living nearest the school, measured in a straight line. If two or more children live at the same address point, or two addresses are the same distance from the school, the final tiebreaker is random selection, witnessed by a Council officer independent of the Admissions Team.
According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 76.6% of pupils at Dry Drayton CofE (C) Primary School, and Pre-School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.
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