Marleigh Primary Academy
Primary · Free schools · Ages 3–11 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.96 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2023–2026 (miles)
Marleigh Primary Academy is a primary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 3–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 25 February 2025. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Marleigh Primary Academy 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 | 0.96 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 1.714 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.429 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.727 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.96 miles away, the 19th shortest of 62 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 but further than in 2023, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 35 first-choice applications for 30 offers: 28 offers went to first-choice families and 7 first-choice families (20%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 60% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 4th 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
- Marleigh Avenue, Cambridge, CB5 8BG
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 189 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 February 2025
Strengths
- “This is a growing school where pupils are warm and welcoming, especially to new pupils who arrive from all over the world.”
- “Pupils celebrate the diversity that this brings to the school.”
- “This ensures pupils settle in quickly and feel a sense of belonging to the community.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, teachers do not match tasks to build on what pupils already know and understand.”
- “When this is the case, pupils do not develop and extend their knowledge as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 2025 (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) | 60% | 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: 35 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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.
- Teversham CofE VA Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fen Ditton Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Galfrid School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Philip's CofE Aided Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shirley Community Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Chesterton Primary School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Cherry Hinton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Bewick Bridge Community Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published