Fawcett Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–11 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2022
0.683 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 19 April 2022
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Fawcett Primary School is a primary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 3–11 (foundation school). Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 entry.
Fawcett 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 2022 | 0.683 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 2022 lived 0.683 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 12 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published Reception 2022 last distance.
- For Reception 2026, there were 28 first-choice applications for 40 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 12 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- At 0.7 first choices per offer, the 2026 Reception entry was the 4th lowest of 199 Cambridgeshire primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (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
- Alpha Terrace, Trumpington, Cambridge, CB2 9FS
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 356 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 24 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and enthusiastic about their learning.”
- “They behave well and most attend regularly.”
- “Pupils state that bullying is rare and that if it does happen staff will sort it quickly and fairly.”
To improve
- “However, this is not yet established over time.”
- “Leaders have identified that disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) have slightly lower attendance.”
- “However, sometimes the supporting scaffolds can limit how some pupils deepen their learning and reasoning to the highest standard.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 June 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) | 62% | 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, 40 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.
- Trumpington Park Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Trumpington Meadows Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Newnham Croft Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Morley Memorial Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Pauls CofE VA Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Queen Edith Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Ridgefield Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published