Kings Hedges Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2024
0.504 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2024
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2024 (miles)
Kings Hedges Primary School is a primary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 11 December 2024. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2024 entry.
Kings Hedges 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 | 0.504 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.618 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.444 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2024, the last distance offered was 0.504 miles, the 2nd shortest of 13 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published Reception 2024 last distance; the middle was 2.48 miles.
- That 2024 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2020 but further than in 2019, and the biggest swing came between 2019 and 2020.
- 2026 Reception entry had 29 first-choice applications for 31 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 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
- Northfield Avenue, Cambridge, CB4 2HU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 389 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 11 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils value being part of this school community.”
- “They know that learning is important and are keen to succeed in their education.”
- “They have high aspirations for themselves and their peers.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, however, teachers choose learning activities that do not enable pupils to learn the intended knowledge as well as they could.”
- “When this happens, pupils do not remember key content over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 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) | 79% | 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, 31 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.
- The Grove Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Laurence Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Good
- Orchard Park Community Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Arbury Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Milton Road Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Shirley Community Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Chesterton Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Mayfield Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published