Wilburton CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Ely, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.144 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2025
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2025 (miles)
Wilburton CofE Primary School is a primary school in Ely, Cambridgeshire for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 November 2023. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2025 entry.
Wilburton CofE 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 | 1.144 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 2.106 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 1.889 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2025 the last child offered a place lived 1.144 miles away, the 9th shortest of 23 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- Reception last distances swung sharply between some years; the 2025 figure was nearer the school than in 2020 and 2019, and the shortest of the 3 years.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 10 first-choice applications for 10 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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
- Carpond Lane, Wilburton, Ely, CB6 3RJ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 117 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud and happy to attend this school.”
- “It is a warm and welcoming place.”
- “Pupils display the school values of ‘excellence, love and well-being’ during learning and at social times.”
To improve
- “However, occasionally, teachers’ explanations and presentation of new information are less clear.”
- “This includes when they introduce new vocabulary to pupils.”
- “This means that pupils sometimes find learning new knowledge harder, and they struggle to build on what they already know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 December 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) | 50% | 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: 10 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 10 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.
- Robert Arkenstall Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stretham Community Primary School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Rackham Church of England Primary School and Pre-School 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Little Thetford CofE Primary School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sutton CofE VC Primary School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Ely St John's Community Primary School 4.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mepal and Witcham Church of England Primary School 4.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lantern Community Primary School 5.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published