Cromwell Community College
All-through · Academy converter · Ages 4–18 · Chatteris, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.63 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Year 7 2026: 7.609 mi
Reception last distance offered, 2021–2026 (miles)
Cromwell Community College is an all-through school in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 September 2023. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception and Year 7 2018 to 2026 entry.
Cromwell Community College 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 | 0.63 mi |
| Year 7 2026 | 7.609 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.529 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 6.323 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.463 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 7.409 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.451 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | 5.618 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 6.095 mi |
| Year 7 2022 | 7.905 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.576 mi |
| Year 7 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2019 | 6.707 mi |
| Year 7 2018 | 5.233 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For 2026, the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.63 miles from the school, while the Year 7 last distance offered was 7.609 miles.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further than in 2025 and about the same as in 2021, having swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2021 to 2022.
- Reception 2026 drew 31 first-choice applications for 29 offers; all 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was B- (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was above average.
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
- Wenny Road, Chatteris, PE16 6UU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 4–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,539 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Cromwell Community College enjoy coming to school.”
- “They are happy and feel part of a warm and welcoming school community.”
- “Pupils who join the school say that they are helped to settle in quickly.”
To improve
- “However, not all learning across the school, particularly in the primary phase, is consistent.”
- “Information is, at times, presented in a way that confuses pupils.”
- “Questions do not provide assurances of how well pupils understand what has been taught.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 October 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 39% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 40.8 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 31 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 227 first-preference applications, 234 offers in total, 222 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 special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Cambridgeshire.
- Whitehall School 5.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Harbour School 8.5 mi Requires improvement
- Highfield Ely Academy 9.3 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
- King's Ely 9.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Aurora Fairway School 10.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Highfield Littleport Academy 10.3 mi Good
- The Martin Bacon Academy 11.7 mi Not judged
- Northstowe Learning Community 11.7 mi Good Last distance published