Queen Emma Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 4–11 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.543 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2018–2026 (miles)
Queen Emma Primary School is a primary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 29 June 2023. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Queen Emma 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 | 0.543 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.791 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 1.353 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 1.776 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.543 miles away, the 7th shortest of 62 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.74 miles).
- That 2026 Reception distance was nearer than in 2025 and in 2018, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 34 first-choice applications for 30 offers; all 30 went to first-choice families and 4 first-choice families (12%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% 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
- Gunhild Way, Cambridge, CB1 8QY
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 391 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 29 June 2023
Strengths
- “At Queen Emma Primary School, pupils enjoy being part of a diverse and welcoming community.”
- “Pupils talk with enthusiasm about their learning across a broad range of subjects.”
- “They are confident to share their ideas and learn to listen carefully to what others have to say.”
To improve
- “In these areas, there is some minor variability in teachers’ subject knowledge.”
- “This can also lead to some less effective use of assessment to check what pupils know.”
- “Where this is the case, leaders’ ambitions for the quality of education are not fully achieved.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 September 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) | 71% | 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: 34 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Queen Edith Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- The Spinney Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Colville Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cherry Hinton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Morley Memorial Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ridgefield Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bewick Bridge Community Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Philip's CofE Aided Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published