St Pauls CofE VA Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2018
0.436 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2018
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →St Pauls CofE VA Primary School is a primary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 entry.
St Pauls 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 2018 | 0.436 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2018 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.436 miles away, the shortest of the 7 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published Reception 2018 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 6 first-choice applications for 13 offers, 0.5 first choices per offer and the lowest of 199 Cambridgeshire primary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Reception place in 2026, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 38% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd lowest 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
- Coronation Street, Cambridge, CB2 1HJ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 152 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 13 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils arrive at school in the morning with a smile on their face, keen to start learning.”
- “The kind, caring culture means pupils are soon made to feel like they belong as part of the welcoming community the school strives to be.”
- “This diverse community comes together as one incredibly quickly and this enables pupils to feel happy, settled and valued members of the St Paul’s family.”
To improve
- “While pupils achieve well in many subjects, they do not leave school as well prepared in writing as they could be.”
- “However, there remains work to do to ensure that teaching consistently supports pupils, especially those who are disadvantaged, to improve as writers.”
- “While pupils secure the important building blocks of knowledge they need, they often struggle to apply their knowledge when writing extended pieces of work.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 March 2026 (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) | 38% | 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, 13 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.
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School 0.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Matthew's Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Newnham Croft Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Park Street CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Morley Memorial Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ridgefield Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Philip's CofE Aided Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Fawcett Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published