Robert Arkenstall Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Ely, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2024
2.783 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2024
Reception last distance offered, 2022–2024 (miles)
Robert Arkenstall Primary School is a primary school in Ely, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 May 2022. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2024 entry.
Robert Arkenstall 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 | 2.783 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 2.628 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2024, the last child offered a place lived 2.783 miles away, the 6th longest of 13 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.48 miles).
- The 2024 Reception last distance was about the same as in 2022.
- For Reception 2026, there were 26 first-choice applications for 26 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 53% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th 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
- Camping Close, High Street, Haddenham, Ely, CB6 3UA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 269 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 May 2022
Strengths
- “Robert Arkenstall Primary School is a friendly and welcoming place in which to learn.”
- “Pupils are polite and courteous.”
- “They behave well in lessons and during less structured times.”
To improve
- “Leaders know that there is more work to do to ensure that pupils learn and make the best progress they can across all subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 July 2022 (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) | 53% | 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: 26 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 26 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.
- Wilburton CofE Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Sutton CofE VC Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Stretham Community Primary School 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Rackham Church of England Primary School and Pre-School 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mepal and Witcham Church of England Primary School 3.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Little Thetford CofE Primary School 4.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Earith Primary School 4.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Willingham Primary School 4.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published