Fen Drayton Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2024
1.576 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2024
Reception last distance offered, 2018–2024 (miles)
Fen Drayton Primary School is a primary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 May 2024. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2024 entry.
Fen Drayton 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 2024 | 1.576 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 1.509 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024 the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.576 miles away, 6th shortest of 13 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published Reception 2024 last distance, this one included.
- Reception 2026 had 9 first-choice applications for 9 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There were 16.7 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.1 across 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
- Cootes Lane, Fen Drayton, Cambridge, CB24 4SL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 92 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of being at Fen Drayton Primary.”
- “This is helped by the school forming an integral part of the local community.”
- “Pupils are polite and respectful to adults and to each other.”
To improve
- “This has led to assessment processes not yet being fully developed in some foundation subjects.”
- “Class teachers identify where pupils’ knowledge is less secure; however, subject leaders do not yet routinely use this information to adapt the curriculum.”
- “However, particularly in aspects of writing, the curriculum is less consistently delivered.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 June 2024 (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) | 58% | 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: 9 first-preference applications, 9 offers in total, 9 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.
- Fenstanton and Hilton Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Swavesey Primary School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holywell CofE Primary School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Eastfield Infant and Nursery School 2.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Westfield Junior School 2.6 mi School remains Good
- Hemingford Grey Primary School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Over Primary School 2.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Wheatfields Primary School 3.1 mi Not judged