Yaxley Infant School
Rated on Ofsted and the parent survey. Infant schools sit no SATs.
After Year 2
Infant schools stop at Year 2, so children here move to a junior school for Year 3.
You apply for a Year 3 place, at a junior school or a primary school with room, through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2.
Ofsted
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 15 September 2026
Results
Infant schools do not sit SATs, and no Year 2 results are published for schools, so there are no exam results for Yaxley Infant School.
Catchment area
Pupils and staff
Pupils
- Pupils
- 159
- Capacity
- 180
- Girls / boys
- 42% / 58%
- Free school meals
- 20%
Staff
- Teachers (FTE)
- 6.8
- Teaching assistants (FTE)
- 10.3
- Leadership (FTE)
- 1
- Part-time teachers
- 56%
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Questions about Yaxley Infant School
What is Yaxley Infant School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted inspected Yaxley Infant School on 15 September 2026 using a report card, which grades each area separately and gives no overall grade. The school met Ofsted's safeguarding standards. It was graded Strong standard for achievement, for curriculum and teaching, for inclusion, for leadership and governance, for personal development and wellbeing, for attendance and behaviour and for early years.
How do I apply for a place at Yaxley Infant School?
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Reception place starting that September. Children start Reception in the September after their fourth birthday. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day.
Where do children go after Year 2 at Yaxley Infant School?
Yaxley Infant School is an infant school, so children move to a junior school, or a primary school with room, for Year 3. You apply through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2.
Does living near Yaxley Infant School guarantee a place?
No. Distance only counts when Yaxley Infant School has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by the local authority, Cambridgeshire, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
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