Houghton Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2024
2.476 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2024
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2024 (miles)
Houghton Primary School is a primary school in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 23 March 2023. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2024 entry.
Houghton 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 2024 | 2.476 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 2.216 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 1.19 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 1.619 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2024, the last child offered a place lived 2.476 miles away, further than in 2023 and 2019; the 2024 figure was the longest of the 4 years.
- For Reception 2026, there were 28 first-choice applications for 29 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 2024/25: 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 35.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.6 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
- Chapel Lane, Houghton, Huntingdon, PE28 2AY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 177 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 35.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 23 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending Houghton Primary School.”
- “Pupils and staff have fostered relationships that make the school feel like an extended family.”
- “Older pupils look out for and support younger pupils.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, pupils are not as clear about how to break a task into manageable parts.”
- “They are uncertain about their intended learning and how to complete an activity.”
- “As a result, some pupils disengage from learning and develop gaps in their knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 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) | 72% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 28 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.
- Wyton on the Hill Community Primary School 0.9 mi Good
- Thorndown Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hemingford Grey Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hartford Infant and Preschool 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Westfield Junior School 2.0 mi School remains Good
- Wheatfields Primary School 2.0 mi Not judged
- Hartford Junior School 2.0 mi Standards maintained
- Eastfield Infant and Nursery School 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published