Isle of Ely Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Ely, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.288 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2018–2026 (miles)
Isle of Ely Primary School is a primary school in Ely, Cambridgeshire for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 March 2023. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Isle of Ely 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 | 3.288 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 3.237 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 5.307 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 14.457 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 3.182 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 1.094 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 3.288 miles away, the 15th longest of 62 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.74 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2018, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 67 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 60 offers went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (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
- School Road, Ely, CB6 2FG
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 446 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Isle of Ely Primary School like their school, happily abiding by the three simple rules: ready, respectful, safe.”
- “Pupils show they are ready to learn, listening attentively to their teachers and working hard in class.”
- “They remember much of what they learn.”
To improve
- “A few teachers do not demonstrate such strong practice.”
- “They do not notice when their explanations confuse pupils.”
- “This leads to pupils making mistakes or misunderstanding the work they need to complete.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 May 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: 67 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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.
- Lantern Community Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Spring Meadow Infant School 0.6 mi Good
- Ely St Mary's CofE Junior School 0.6 mi Good
- Ely St John's Community Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Downham Feoffees Primary Academy 1.9 mi Good
- Millfield Primary School 3.0 mi School remains Good
- The Rackham Church of England Primary School and Pre-School 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Little Thetford CofE Primary School 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published