Alconbury CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.301 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2020–2026 (miles)
Alconbury CofE Primary School is a primary school in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 26 November 2024. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Alconbury 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 2026 | 1.301 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 4.434 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 1.723 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.934 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 2.111 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.301 miles away, the 26th shortest of 62 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2020, and distances swung sharply between some years.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families and 4 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% 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
- School Lane, Alconbury, Huntingdon, PE28 4EQ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 207 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 26 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils, parents and staff feel part of the ‘Alconbury family’.”
- “Pupils are welcoming, friendly and polite.”
- “The school has high expectations for pupils in all areas of their learning, starting in the early years.”
To improve
- “Some recent improvements to the curriculum need time to embed.”
- “On occasions, some teachers do not use activities or resources that support pupils’ learning effectively, or take pupils’ needs and starting points into account sufficiently.”
- “When this is the case, some pupils do not learn as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 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) | 68% | 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: 31 first-preference applications, 30 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.
- Ermine Street Church Academy 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Abbots Ripton CofE Primary School 3.0 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Cromwell Academy 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brampton Village Primary School 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stukeley Meadows Primary School 3.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St John's CofE Primary School 3.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Huntingdon Primary School 4.0 mi Good
- Thongsley Fields Primary and Nursery School 4.2 mi Not judged