Bewick Bridge Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.608 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2023–2026 (miles)
Bewick Bridge Community Primary School is a primary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Bewick Bridge Community 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 2026 | 3.608 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.209 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.513 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 the last distance offered was 3.608 miles, the 14th longest of 62 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 1.74 miles.
- The Reception last distance in 2026 was further from the school than in 2025 and 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 29 first-choice applications for 30 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 2024/25: 90% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 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
- Fulbourn Old Drift, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, CB1 9ND
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 222 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 14 April 2026
Strengths
- “Warm relationships run throughout this inclusive school.”
- “Pupils and staff form kind, caring connections.”
- “These help pupils feel a genuine sense of belonging.”
To improve
- “However, leaders recognise that improvement is an ongoing process and have accurately identified priorities that will make the school even stronger.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 May 2026 (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) | 90% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Colville Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Spinney Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Queen Emma Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Teversham CofE VA Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ridgefield Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Queen Edith Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Philip's CofE Aided Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published