Somersham Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Somersham, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.849 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2025–2026 (miles)
Somersham Primary School is a primary school in Somersham, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 12 September 2023. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Somersham 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 | 3.849 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 2.518 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Ofsted rated it Outstanding on 12 September 2023; of the 8 nearest primary schools in Cambridgeshire, 5 are Good, 1 Requires improvement and 2 have no current grade.
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 3.849 miles, further than in 2025 and the 13th longest of 62 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 50 first-choice applications for 50 offers; 48 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (4%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 74% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 7% 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
- Parkhall Road, Somersham, PE28 3EU
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 314 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 12 September 2023
Strengths
- “This is a school that inspires pupils to achieve more than they think is possible.”
- “Pupils helped to devise the school values of pride, honesty, kindness and determination.”
- “These values match the vision of the trust and they are more than just words.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 October 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) | 74% | 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: 50 first-preference applications, 50 offers in total, 48 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.
- St Helen's Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Earith Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Warboys Primary Academy 3.7 mi Requires improvement
- Holywell CofE Primary School 4.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wheatfields Primary School 4.5 mi Not judged
- Eastfield Infant and Nursery School 4.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Westfield Junior School 5.0 mi School remains Good
- Sutton CofE VC Primary School 5.0 mi Good Last distance published