St Matthew's Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2024
1.134 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2024
Reception last distance offered, 2018–2024 (miles)
St Matthew's Primary School is a primary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 2 April 2025. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2024 entry.
St Matthew's 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 | 1.134 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.632 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.667 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.987 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.744 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.724 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.583 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 in 2024 lived 1.134 miles away, and the 2024 figure was the longest of the 7 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026, there were 67 first-choice applications for 74 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 76% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 24.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.5 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
- 19 Norfolk Street, Cambridge, CB1 2LD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 628 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 2 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and well cared for.”
- “They are all fully integrated into the life of this school.”
- “The curriculum is broad, balanced and enriched by different trips and visitors to school.”
To improve
- “On occasion, though, teachers do not check what pupils can and cannot do effectively enough.”
- “Sometimes, pupils are ready to move on in their learning and they do not get the chance to do this as quickly as they might.”
- “On other occasions, pupils are not supported to revisit something they are unsure about more quickly.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 May 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) | 76% | 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: 67 first-preference applications, 74 offers in total, 67 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 Alban's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Pauls CofE VA Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Park Street CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Philip's CofE Aided Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Milton Road Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ridgefield Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Newnham Croft Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Galfrid School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published