Farcet CofE (C) Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 5–11 · Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2022
0.944 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 19 April 2022
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Farcet CofE (C) Primary School is a primary school in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire for ages 5–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 9 June 2022. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 entry.
Farcet CofE (C) 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 2022 | 0.944 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2022, the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.944 miles away, 4th shortest of 12 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.00 miles).
- Reception 2026 had 12 first-choice applications for 15 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 38% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- It has 15.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Cambridgeshire.
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
- St. Marys Street, Farcet, Peterborough, PE7 3AR
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 82 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 9 June 2022
Strengths
- “Farcet CofE Primary School is a happy, caring place to learn.”
- “Pupils, and children in the early years, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), enjoy school and the opportunities on offer.”
- “They take pride in their work, appreciate the support from their teachers and achieve well.”
To improve
- “However, this work is not yet fully developed across the whole curriculum, so some pupils do not understand these broader subject concepts well.”
- “A few parents would like to see more clubs on offer.”
- “However, a few feel that communication could be improved and that concerns raised could be addressed more quickly by leaders.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 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) | 38% | 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.
- William de Yaxley Church of England Academy 1.8 mi Good
- Fourfields Community Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Yaxley Infant School 1.9 mi Good
- Park Lane Primary & Nursery School 4.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holme CofE Primary School 4.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Stilton Church of England Primary Academy 4.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Folksworth CofE Primary School 4.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Alderman Jacobs School 4.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published