Sutton CofE VC Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Ely, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
8.027 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2025
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Sutton CofE VC Primary School is a primary school in Ely, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 10 January 2023. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
Sutton 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 2025 | 8.027 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2025, the last child offered a place lived 8.027 miles away, the longest of 23 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 37 first-choice applications for 40 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 54% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th lowest 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
- The Brook, Sutton, Ely, CB6 2PU
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 271 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 10 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “They ‘strive to be the best version of themselves’.”
- “Pupils are safe because adults constantly have pupils’ welfare at the forefront of their minds.”
To improve
- “In some areas of the curriculum, some teachers do not do this as consistently, and pupils’ learning slows.”
- “Leaders acknowledge that phonics results in 2022 were disappointing.”
- “Some activities, however, do not provide children with enough practice to apply their new knowledge independently.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 February 2023 (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) | 54% | 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: 37 first-preference applications, 40 offers in total, 37 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.
- Mepal and Witcham Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Robert Arkenstall Primary School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wilburton CofE Primary School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Rackham Church of England Primary School and Pre-School 3.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Earith Primary School 4.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Helen's Primary School 5.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Somersham Primary School 5.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Glebelands Primary Academy 5.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published