Stapleford Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2023
1.27 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 17 April 2023
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2023 (miles)
Stapleford Community Primary School is a primary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 June 2022. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2023 entry.
Stapleford Community 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 2023 | 1.27 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 2.994 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 2.299 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2023, the last child offered a place lived 1.27 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 7 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception 2023 last distance was nearer the school than in 2022 and 2019, and the 2023 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 25 first-choice applications for 28 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Bar Lane, Stapleford, Cambridge, CB22 5BJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 210 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 June 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils say that school is a happy and safe place to be.”
- “Their teachers help them to make friends and to care for one another.”
- “Bullying is rare and pupils indicate that if they have any friendship issues, the adults help to sort it out.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, the curriculum is at an earlier stage of development.”
- “Pupils sometimes struggle to recall and use subject vocabulary, such as in science.”
- “This is because teachers sometimes do not provide sufficient opportunities to rehearse newly taught vocabulary.”
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) | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 25 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.
- Great and Little Shelford CofE (Aided) Primary School 0.9 mi Good
- The Bellbird Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- The Icknield Primary School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hauxton Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Trumpington Park Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- William Westley Church of England VC Primary School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Queen Edith Primary School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Trumpington Meadows Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published