Newnham Croft Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.753 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Newnham Croft Primary School is a primary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 June 2024. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Newnham Croft 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 2026 | 0.753 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 3.446 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 1.719 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 1.249 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 1.422 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.545 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 1.066 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.753 miles away, the 13th shortest of 62 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published last distance.
- 81% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), and 19% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 38 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families and 8 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- The school has 23.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.8 across 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
- Chedworth Street, Cambridge, CB3 9JF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 221 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 June 2024
Strengths
- “Newnham Croft 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 can be sure of a warm welcome.”
- “They are supportive of each other, particularly older pupils with younger ones.”
To improve
- “On occasion, teachers plan work for pupils that is not so well adapted to their needs.”
- “In these cases, pupils are not challenged to think more deeply or extend their learning.”
- “This means that some pupils do not achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 July 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) | 81% | 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: 38 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- St Pauls CofE VA Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Park Street CofE Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Matthew's Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Fawcett Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Morley Memorial Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Luke's CofE Primary School 1.6 mi Requires improvement
- University of Cambridge Primary School 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published