Waterbeach Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Waterbeach Community Primary School is a primary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 26 March 2025. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2019 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- High Street, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9JU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 521 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 26 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at this kind, nurturing school where staff help them to feel safe.”
- “Pupils have a strong sense of belonging and are keen to live up to the school’s ‘golden rules’.”
- “The atmosphere around school is calm and pupils have positive attitudes to their learning.”
To improve
- “For example, in mathematics, the school has recently identified that the curriculum is not delivered consistently across all classes.”
- “Teachers did not routinely set tasks that enable pupils to build sufficient knowledge or deepen their thinking.”
- “In some areas of the wider curriculum subjects, teachers do not check carefully enough what pupils are learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 May 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) | 57% | 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: 63 first-preference applications, 65 offers in total, 63 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
A one-off £9.99 pass, no subscription, unlocks for 3 months:
- Last distance offered for Reception 2018 to 2019, as Cambridgeshire published it, drawn on the map
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Earlier years of exam results
- Which schools pupils move on to or come from
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Cambridgeshire.
- Milton Church of England Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Cottenham Primary School 3.3 mi Good
- Fen Ditton Primary School 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shirley Community Primary School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Histon and Impington Park Primary School 3.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Kings Hedges Primary School 3.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Histon and Impington Brook Primary School 3.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chesterton Primary School 3.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published