Holywell CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · St Ives, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2024
0.643 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2024
Reception last distance offered, 2021–2024 (miles)
Holywell CofE Primary School is a primary school in St Ives, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 October 2024. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2024 entry.
Holywell 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 2024 | 0.643 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 4.656 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 3.429 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 3.859 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 0.643 miles away, the 3rd shortest of the 13 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published Reception 2024 last distance.
- Reception last distances have swung sharply, most of all from 2023 to 2024, and the 2024 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 22 first-choice applications for 22 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 63% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2nd highest of 8 schools: this one and 7 of the 8 nearest Cambridgeshire primaries that have results.
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
- Mill Way, Needingworth, St Ives, PE27 4TF
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 193 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this school.”
- “They particularly like reading, mathematics, music and history lessons.”
- “Pupils learn more about subjects from educational visits, taking part in sports festivals or having specialist teaching.”
To improve
- “However, leaders recognise that pupils are capable of even more.”
- “However, there is still work to do on ensuring that there is enough clarity about the depth of knowledge pupils need to secure.”
- “This means that the work some pupils receive in some subjects is not sufficiently effective in extending their learning even further.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 November 2024 (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) | 63% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 22 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.
- Eastfield Infant and Nursery School 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Westfield Junior School 1.8 mi School remains Good
- Wheatfields Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged
- Fen Drayton Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Fenstanton and Hilton Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Over Primary School 2.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Thorndown Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Swavesey Primary School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published