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The Fields Nursery School

NurseryAges 2–5Local authority nursery school

Cambridge, CB5 8ND · Cambridgeshire local authority

Cambridge’s School Grade A− better than 83% of towns in England

How full
62 pupils
January 2026 census
Free school meals
0%
0 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about The Fields Nursery School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 0% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, April 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (CB5 8) sold for a median £480,000; Cambridge’s is £484,602

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

57 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
14%England 15.3%
EHC plan
1.8%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
47.4%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 51%Boys 49%
Its letter

No letter for The Fields Nursery School

Nursery schools sit no national tests, so there’s no letter.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, April 2024. Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns), July 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near The Fields Nursery School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in CB5 8, the school’s postcode sector

Cambridge property prices →
£480,000
median sale, 409 sales in 36 months · Cambridge £484,602

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£300K£400K£500K£600K£700K2010201520202025CB5 8Cambridge
CB5 8Cambridge

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£700K
Semi-detached
£475K
Terraced
£513K
Flat
£319K
CB5 8Cambridge

Homes in CB5 8 sell for about the same as Cambridge’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

17 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNDCAA−A−CC+C−AA−A+AAC+CC−DThe Fields Nursery School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Cambridge, CB5 8ND

The Fields Nursery School: common questions

What is The Fields Nursery School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (April 2024).

How much do houses cost near The Fields Nursery School?

Homes in its postcode sector, CB5 8, sold for a median £480,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (409 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Cambridge’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.