Cavendish Close Junior Academy

Primary · state · ages 7–11 · 288 pupils · DE21 4RJ · THE HARMONY TRUST LTD

GoodOfstedInspected Jun 2026

4%KS2 higher standardEngland median 7%

66%KS2 expected standardEngland median 64%

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37.5% of pupils eligible for free school meals.

Its infant school (Reception to Year 2): Cavendish Close Infant School

Ofsted: Report card: achievement expected standard, curriculum and teaching expected standard

Results at age 11 (2024/25)

% meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths66% (typical 64%)

% at the higher standard in reading, writing and maths4% (typical 7%)

% meeting the expected standard, 3-year average (2023–2025)57% (typical 62%)

Average scaled scores: reading 105, maths 105.

How hard is it to get in?

No applications figures of its own. Most of its Year 3 places usually go to children from Cavendish Close Infant School, so getting into the infant school is normally the way in.

Cavendish Close Infant School, Reception in September 2026: 65 families put it first for 68 places (1.0 first choices per place); 100% of them got a place.

Sports facilities on site

1 football pitch.

For the school's own use. Schools nearby with similar facilities

Money

£7,767spent per pupil (typical primary £7,238)

65%of spending on staff, 53% on teachers

−£221kdeficit carried forward (9.6% of a year's income)

−£19kdeficit in the year

Income £2.3m, spending £2.3m (September 2024 to August 2025, 300 pupils).

Run by The Harmony Trust Ltd, a trust of 17 academies and 5,772 pupils. The trust holds reserves of £1.0m, 2.5% of its income. Its accounts at Companies House.

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About these figures

Typical means the median state-funded school in England. In the bars, the fill is this school and the black line is the typical school.
Scaled scores: 100 is the expected standard and 120 is the top.
The DfE publishes applications figures only for entry to Reception and Year 7, and a junior school takes pupils at Year 3. The council's admissions team publishes how many applied and the furthest distance offered.
Living nearby doesn't guarantee a place. Admissions are set by the council or the school, and rules such as catchment, siblings and faith decide who gets in: check its admissions policy and how far away the last places went in recent years.
Sports facilities, not results: there is no national data on schools' sporting success.
Spending per pupil mostly follows funding for deprivation, special needs and London weighting, so higher isn't the same as better. Small schools and sixth forms cost more per pupil.

Department for Education performance data 2024/25 and register of schools; Ofsted inspections to August 2026. Open Government Licence. Contains data © Sport England (Active Places), matched to the school by name and postcode. Money: Department for Education academies accounts return, 2024-25; Open Government Licence.

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