Colville Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2021
1.505 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2021
Reception last distance offered, 2020–2021 (miles)
Colville Primary School is a primary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 10 December 2024. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2021 entry.
Colville 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 2021 | 1.505 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.407 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2021, the last child offered a place lived 1.505 miles away, the 5th shortest of 11 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published last distance, this one included.
- For Reception 2026, there were 18 first-choice applications for 20 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 14% of pupils reached the higher standard (England 8%), while 62% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%).
- The school has 17.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.4 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
- Colville Road, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, CB1 9EJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 221 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 10 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils join a community where ‘love, laughter and learning’ come together to create a supportive environment.”
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), receive appropriate assistance and care.”
- “Adults in school try to understand what makes each pupil tick.”
To improve
- “Although pupils engage in effective learning activities across subjects, expectations for writing are less consistent.”
- “This can result in some pupils’ mistakes, in aspects such as letter formation or punctuation, not being fully addressed.”
- “In the early years, there is a strong focus on practising reading, but children have fewer opportunities to develop accurate writing skills before entering Year 1.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 January 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) | 62% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 18 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.
- Cherry Hinton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Bewick Bridge Community Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Spinney Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Queen Emma Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Queen Edith Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Ridgefield Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Morley Memorial Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Philip's CofE Aided Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published