Stretham Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Ely, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.458 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2025
Reception last distance offered, 2022–2025 (miles)
Stretham Community Primary School is a primary school in Ely, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 12 November 2024. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2025 entry.
Stretham 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 2025 | 1.458 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 1.158 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2025, the last child offered a place lived 1.458 miles away, the 11th shortest of 23 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published last distance, this one included.
- The Reception 2025 last distance was further from the school than in 2022.
- For Reception 2026, there were 23 first-choice applications for 24 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 2024/25: 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Wood Lane, Stretham, Ely, CB6 3JN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 185 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 12 November 2024
Strengths
- “At Stretham, pupils are proud to follow the school’s mantra of ‘be ready, be respectful, be safe’.”
- “They enjoy the different ways they can be responsible and contribute to the school.”
- “Almost all parents agree with pupils’ views on this.”
To improve
- “However, at times, learning is not broken down into manageable chunks.”
- “When this occurs, pupils are not able to understand and retain all that is being taught.”
- “This is because pupils engage less in their learning as they become overloaded.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 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) | 63% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 23 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.
- Little Thetford CofE Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wilburton CofE Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- The Rackham Church of England Primary School and Pre-School 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Robert Arkenstall Primary School 3.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ely St John's Community Primary School 3.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lantern Community Primary School 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Shade Primary School 4.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Spring Meadow Infant School 4.5 mi Good