Barrington CofE VC Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2024
16.834 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2024
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Barrington CofE VC Primary School is a primary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 28 April 2022. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 entry.
Barrington CofE VC 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 | 16.834 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2024 the last child offered a place lived 16.834 miles away, the longest of 13 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published Reception 2024 last distance.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 27 first-choice applications for 28 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 40% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% 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
- Haslingfield Road, Barrington, Cambridge, CB22 7RG
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 174 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 28 April 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy, safe and nurtured well.”
- “They develop positive relationships with staff, which help create a caring and supportive environment.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and attend regularly.”
To improve
- “However, activities do not always focus sharply enough on the intended learning.”
- “Consequently, some pupils do not make the progress they could.”
- “However, staff do not consistently adapt learning effectively to enable these pupils to access the curriculum alongside their peers.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 September 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) | 40% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 27 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.
- Haslingfield Endowed Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Foxton Primary School 1.4 mi Good
- Harston and Newton Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Petersfield CofE Aided Primary School 2.4 mi Standards maintained
- Meldreth Primary School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hauxton Primary School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Fowlmere Primary School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Thriplow CofE Primary School 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published