Milton Road Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.356 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Milton Road Primary School is a primary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 July 2025. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Milton Road 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 2026 | 0.356 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.785 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 2.032 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.712 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.807 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.695 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.724 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.367 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.524 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- There were 95 first-choice applications for 59 offers for Reception in 2026, which is 1.6 first choices per offer, the highest of 199 Cambridgeshire primary schools.
- 59 offers went to first-choice families for Reception in 2026, and 36 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- For Reception in 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.356 miles away, nearer than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 9 years.
- In 2024/25, 74% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 16% 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
- Ascham Road, Cambridge, CB4 2BD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 424 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 July 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils delight in attending their warm and friendly school.”
- “They make sure that everyone is welcome, with ‘no outsiders’.”
- “Pupils work hard and are rightly proud of their achievements.”
To improve
- “However, in a few areas, curriculum developments are more recent and are still embedding.”
- “Occasionally, expectations of what pupils should know and can do are not consistently high.”
- “When this happens, pupils do not learn as much, or as deeply, as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 September 2025 (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) | 74% | 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: 95 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 59 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.
- Arbury Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Luke's CofE Primary School 0.6 mi Requires improvement
- The Grove Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Park Street CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Chesterton Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Mayfield Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Laurence Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Good
- Kings Hedges Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published