Sawtry Infants' School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.089 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2020–2026 (miles)
Sawtry Infants' School is a primary school in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 6 November 2024. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Sawtry Infants' 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 | 3.089 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.527 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.571 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 3.071 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 1.699 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 59.385 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 5.974 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 3.089 miles from the school, the 16th longest of 62 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That Reception 2026 distance was further than in 2025 but nearer than in 2020, and it swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2020 to 2021.
- For Reception 2026 there were 75 first-choice applications for 70 offers; 68 offers went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families (9%) were not offered a place.
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
- Middlefield Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE28 5SH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 211 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 6 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils, along with their parents and carers, receive a warm welcome from leaders and staff at the start of each school day.”
- “This provides an opportunity for parents to share important information about pupils, allowing the school to quickly address any issues that may arise.”
- “Having adults in school who listen and resolve problems helps to keep pupils happy and safe.”
To improve
- “However, the approach to writing currently lacks enough opportunities for children to connect their phonics knowledge to their writing.”
- “As a result, some children struggle to make connections, which affects their confidence and interest in writing.”
- “In a few foundation subjects, work is underway to finetune systems to check what pupils know and can do to better inform teaching.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 75 first-preference applications, 70 offers in total, 68 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.
- Sawtry Junior Academy 0.0 mi Standards maintained
- Holme CofE Primary School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Stilton Church of England Primary Academy 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Folksworth CofE Primary School 4.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Alconbury CofE Primary School 4.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ermine Street Church Academy 5.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Abbots Ripton CofE Primary School 5.1 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Yaxley Infant School 5.7 mi Good