Caldecote Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2023
24.597 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 17 April 2023
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Caldecote Primary School is a primary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 5 October 2022. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 entry.
Caldecote Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2023 | 24.597 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2023, the last child offered a place lived 24.597 miles away, the longest of 7 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.78 miles).
- For Reception 2026, there were 22 first-choice applications for 22 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 2024/25: 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Cambridgeshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Cambridgeshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Highfields Road, Highfields Caldecote, Cambridge, CB23 7NX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 193 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 5 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils really enjoy attending Caldecote Primary.”
- “They are interested in what they learn about.”
- “Leaders have high expectations of their behaviour and learning.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, it could be clearer how learning should build on what has come before in smaller steps in each year.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 November 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 61% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 22 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 22 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Cambridgeshire.
- The Vine Inter-Church Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hardwick and Cambourne Community Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Jeavons Wood Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Monkfield Park Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good
- Bourn CofE Primary Academy 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Meridian Primary School 2.5 mi Not judged
- Dry Drayton CofE (C) Primary School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Coton Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School 3.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published