Thriplow CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Royston, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.986 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2025
Reception last distance offered, 2018–2025 (miles)
Thriplow CofE Primary School is a primary school in Royston, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 28 April 2022. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2025 entry.
Thriplow CofE 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 | 1.986 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 1.765 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 2.344 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 4.79 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, there were 12 first-choice applications for 15 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2025 lived 1.986 miles away, the 12th longest of 23 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- 75% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Cambridgeshire that have results.
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 Lane, Thriplow, Royston, SG8 7RH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 105 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 28 April 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at Thriplow are polite and friendly and show respect for each other.”
- “They are enthusiastic to talk about their learning.”
- “They are very proud of their school.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, the reviewed curriculum is at a much earlier stage of implementation.”
- “Leaders have plans to provide additional subject-specific training for staff to achieve the same high expectations across all areas of the curriculum.”
- “The delivery in the direct teaching session is having an impact, but there are occasions when there are not enough opportunities for children to further practise and embed knowledge and skills taught in these sessions.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 June 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) | 75% | 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: 12 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 12 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.
- Fowlmere Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Foxton Primary School 2.0 mi Good
- Duxford Church of England Community Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good
- William Westley Church of England VC Primary School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Harston and Newton Primary School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hauxton Primary School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Great and Little Shelford CofE (Aided) Primary School 3.3 mi Good
- The Bellbird Primary School 3.3 mi Good Last distance published