Waterbeach Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2019
1.49 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2019
Reception last distance offered, 2018–2019 (miles)
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.
Waterbeach Community 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 2019 | 1.49 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.477 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Here, 18.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 36.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Cambridgeshire.
- In 2019 the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.49 miles away, further from the school than in 2018.
- For Reception 2026 there were 63 first-choice applications for 65 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 57% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest 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
- High Street, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9JU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- 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.
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