Fen Ditton Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2021
0.754 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2021
Reception last distance offered, 2018–2021 (miles)
Fen Ditton Primary School is a primary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 27 April 2022. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2021 entry.
Fen Ditton 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 2021 | 0.754 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.955 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.767 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.478 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2021 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.754 miles away: 4th shortest of 11 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published Reception 2021 last distance, this one included.
- The 2021 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2020 but further than in 2018, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 7 first-choice applications for 10 offers: 0.7 first choices per offer, the 4th lowest of 199 Cambridgeshire primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% 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
- Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridge, CB5 8SZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 119 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 27 April 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy their learning at Fen Ditton Primary School.”
- “They take great delight in learning new things and sharing their ideas.”
- “Pupils talk enthusiastically about the books they read and the different authors that interest them.”
To improve
- “Parents and pupils would welcome the return of more of these opportunities to the school’s curriculum.”
- “In a few subjects, this work to develop and deliver the curriculum with the same level of precision is in its earlier stages.”
- “However, although leaders and governors have an array of information available to them, they do not always use it precisely to identify and challenge one another about where and when they could be more effective or timely in some of their work.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 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) | 63% | 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: 7 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 7 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.
- Marleigh Primary Academy 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Shirley Community Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- The Galfrid School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Chesterton Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Teversham CofE VA Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Milton Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Philip's CofE Aided Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Grove Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published