Elsworth CofE VA Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2022
3.396 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 19 April 2022
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2022 (miles)
Elsworth CofE VA Primary School is a primary school in Cambridgeshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 4 May 2023. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2022 entry.
Elsworth CofE VA 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 2022 | 3.396 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 7.036 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2022 the last Reception child offered a place lived 3.396 miles from the school, the 3rd longest of 12 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published Reception 2022 last distance.
- The 2022 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2019.
- Reception 2026 had 14 first-choice applications for 15 offers: every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 77% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest 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
- Broad End, Elsworth, CB23 4JD
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 130 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 4 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend this school.”
- “They speak positively about being part of a small school where everyone is known, accepted and cared for.”
- “Pupils are motivated by the work set for them by staff.”
To improve
- “However, a few older pupils, who have not always followed the new phonics programme, still have gaps in their phonic knowledge and so cannot yet read as fluently as they need.”
- “However, leaders are currently in the early stages of updating these foundation subjects.”
- “This is because leaders have not made it clear to teachers when specific over-arching concepts in these subjects need to be taught.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 June 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) | 77% | 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: 14 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 14 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.
- Pendragon Community Primary School 1.9 mi Good
- Jeavons Wood Primary School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Monkfield Park Primary School 2.7 mi School remains Good
- The Vine Inter-Church Primary School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fenstanton and Hilton Primary School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Fen Drayton Primary School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- The Newton Community Primary School 3.7 mi Good
- Caldecote Primary School 4.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published