Great Paxton CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · St Neots, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2019
3.874 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2019
Reception last distance offered, 2018–2019 (miles)
Great Paxton CofE Primary School is a primary school in St Neots, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 23 February 2023. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2019 entry.
Great Paxton 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 2019 | 3.874 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 2.521 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2019, the last child offered a place lived 3.874 miles away, the longest of 6 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published 2019 last distance (middle figure 1.49 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 6 first-choice applications for 6 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 2024/25: 65% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd highest among this school and 6 of its 8 nearest Cambridgeshire primary schools that have results.
- The school had 73 pupils on roll in January 2026 and 16.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.2 across 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
- Mount Pleasant, Great Paxton, St Neots, PE19 6YJ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 73 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 23 February 2023
Strengths
- “In this small village school, pupils and staff embody the values of friendship, compassion, trust and respect.”
- “This supports pupils to feel safe.”
- “Pupils are happy to learn and play in the school’s warm, welcoming environment.”
To improve
- “However, leaders have not checked that the way the curriculum is taught is enabling all pupils to achieve well.”
- “However, there is some inconsistency in how effectively the programme is taught.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 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) | 65% | 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: 6 first-preference applications, 6 offers in total, 6 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.
- Little Paxton Primary School 1.8 mi Good
- Offord Primary School 1.8 mi Good
- Wintringham Primary Academy 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- The Round House Primary Academy 2.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Priory Junior School 2.3 mi School remains Good
- Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Buckden CofE Primary School 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots 2.8 mi Standards maintained