St Alban's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.377 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
St Alban's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 7 May 2025. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
St Alban's Catholic 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 | 2.377 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 1.665 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 5.856 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 2.271 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 2.522 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 1.497 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 2.056 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 1.057 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 1.878 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 2.377 miles away, 24th longest of the 62 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception last distance has swung sharply, most from 2023 to 2024; the 2026 figure was further from the school than in 2025 and in 2018.
- Reception 2026 drew 41 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 13 first-choice families (32%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 83% 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
- Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 205 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 7 May 2025
Strengths
- “St Albans Primary Catholic School’s motto, ‘Believe, Achieve and Succeed’, reflects the high expectations set for all pupils.”
- “Pupils understand the importance of education for their futures.”
- “They are motivated to learn, feel happy at school and are kept safe.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, the activities selected do not provide sufficient opportunities for pupils to build on and extend and deepen their learning.”
- “This means that sometimes pupils do not learn all they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 June 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) | 83% | 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: 41 first-preference applications, 29 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.
- St Pauls CofE VA Primary School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Matthew's Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Newnham Croft Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Park Street CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Morley Memorial Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ridgefield Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Philip's CofE Aided Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Milton Road Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published