St Helen's Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 4–11 · Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
0.921 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2025
Reception last distance offered, 2018–2025 (miles)
St Helen's Primary School is a primary school in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 June 2022. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2025 entry.
St Helen's 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 2025 | 0.921 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 1.918 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 1.168 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 8.832 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception in 2025, the last child offered a place lived 0.921 miles away, the 8th shortest of 23 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- Reception last distances have swung sharply, most from 2018 to 2022; the 2025 figure was nearer than 2024's and the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 24 first-choice applications for 25 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, 55% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% 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
- Colne Road, Bluntisham, Huntingdon, PE28 3NY
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 186 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 June 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at this welcoming village school.”
- “They enjoy learning and playing together.”
- “They say, ‘the teachers are kind and everyone is nice’.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, this planning and training is not as well developed.”
- “Leadership monitoring in these subjects is also less well established.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 July 2022 (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) | 55% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 24 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.
- Earith Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Somersham Primary School 2.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Holywell CofE Primary School 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Over Primary School 3.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Willingham Primary School 3.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wheatfields Primary School 3.9 mi Not judged
- Eastfield Infant and Nursery School 4.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Westfield Junior School 4.1 mi School remains Good