Arbury Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2020
1.759 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2020
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Arbury Primary School is a primary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 29 September 2023. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 entry.
Arbury 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 2020 | 1.759 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2020, the last child offered a place lived 1.759 miles away, the 4th shortest of 13 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published Reception 2020 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 30 first-choice applications for 42 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer and the 7th lowest of 199 Cambridgeshire primary schools.
- Every Reception 2026 first-choice family was offered a place, and 12 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 66% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), the 5th highest 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
- Carlton Way, Arbury Primary School, Cambridge, CB4 2DE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 380 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 29 September 2023
Strengths
- “Arbury is a welcoming and inclusive school where pupils are happy.”
- “This contributes to a positive start to the school day.”
- “Pupils have warm and trusting relationships with adults, which helps them feel safe.”
To improve
- “In a few curriculum subjects, these systems are not as fully developed.”
- “Where this is the case, teachers do not identify as precisely as they could what pupils’ next steps are.”
- “As a result, pupils do not learn as much as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 November 2023 (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) | 66% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 42 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.
- Milton Road Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Luke's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Requires improvement
- Mayfield Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Laurence Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Good
- The Grove Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Kings Hedges Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Orchard Park Community Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Park Street CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published