Fowlmere Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Royston, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2020
1.473 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2020
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Fowlmere Primary School is a primary school in Royston, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 23 April 2025. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 entry.
Fowlmere 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 2020 | 1.473 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception entry in 2020, the last child offered a place lived 1.473 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 13 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published Reception 2020 last distance.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 2 first-choice applications for 2 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 2024/25: 25% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Cambridgeshire that have results.
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
- The Butts, Fowlmere, Royston, SG8 7SL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 73 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 23 April 2025
Strengths
- “Fowlmere Primary School is an inviting and friendly school.”
- “Pupils enjoy attending and they feel safe.”
- “This is because staff have established positive relationships with them.”
To improve
- “However, there is a variance in pupils’ experiences.”
- “For example, in some subjects, pupils lack opportunities to revisit their previous learning and deepen their understanding.”
- “As a result, some pupils do not achieve as well as the school intends.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 June 2025 (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) | 25% | 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: 2 first-preference applications, 2 offers in total, 2 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.
- Thriplow CofE Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Foxton Primary School 1.6 mi Good
- Melbourn Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Meldreth Primary School 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Barrington CofE VC Primary School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Harston and Newton Primary School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Duxford Church of England Community Primary School 3.6 mi School remains Good
- William Westley Church of England VC Primary School 3.8 mi Not judged Last distance published