Mayfield Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
0.8 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2025
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Mayfield 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 22 March 2023. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
Mayfield 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 | 0.8 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2025 lived 0.8 miles away, the 5th shortest of 23 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.99 miles).
- In 2026 Reception entry saw 48 first-choice applications for 55 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 7 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 58% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Cambridgeshire.
- In 2024/25, 22% of pupils reached the higher standard at the end of primary school (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
- Warwick Road, Cambridge, CB4 3HN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 398 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at this large, diverse primary school are happy and safe.”
- “Pupils from the on-site deaf support centre are well integrated into school life.”
- “Other pupils benefit from their inclusion, including by learning some signing (British Sign Language) and the appreciation of diversity.”
To improve
- “Pupils benefit from an ambitious curriculum, although in a few subjects the work provided does not always closely match their needs.”
- “However, this is not always the case.”
- “Sometimes, teachers are not aware of pupils’ specific starting points.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 May 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) | 58% | 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: 48 first-preference applications, 55 offers in total, 48 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 Luke's CofE Primary School 0.3 mi Requires improvement
- Arbury Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Laurence Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good
- University of Cambridge Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Milton Road Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Orchard Park Community Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Park Street CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- The Grove Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published