Swavesey Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
3.74 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2025
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Swavesey Primary School is a primary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 5 November 2024. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
Swavesey 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 2025 | 3.74 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 6.8% of pupils, against a middle figure of 16.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Cambridgeshire.
- For Reception 2025, the last child offered a place lived 3.74 miles away, 6th longest of 23 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.99 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 32 first-choice applications for 34 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 73% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd 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
- Middle Watch, Swavesey, Middle Watch, Cambridge, CB24 4RN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 311 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 5 November 2024
Strengths
- “Swavesey Primary School is a nurturing and inclusive school where pupils are happy and safe.”
- “Whether pupils join straight away in the early years or later from a different setting or country, they are made to feel welcome.”
- “This helps new pupils settle quickly and participate fully in school life.”
To improve
- “When it does, it is not tolerated.”
- “However, in a small number of subjects, leaders are still refining the subject-specific details they want pupils to learn.”
- “Consequently, it is not always clear how pupils’ learning builds precisely over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 December 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) | 73% | 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: 32 first-preference applications, 34 offers in total, 32 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.
- Over Primary School 1.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Fen Drayton Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Hatton Park Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Holywell CofE Primary School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Pathfinder CofE Primary School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Fenstanton and Hilton Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Willingham Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bar Hill Community Primary School 3.2 mi School remains Good