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St Alban's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EN · stalbans.cambs.sch.uk · 01223 712148
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 83%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cambridgeshire 59%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 2.38 mi
- 3.83 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Criterion 2 · Cambridgeshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.4
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 205
- 98% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 3.9%
- First language not English
- 63.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Criterion 2” went to a home 2.38 mi (3.83 km) from the school. Source: Cambridgeshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 41 families put the school first and 29 places were offered; 68% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 29 | 41 | 1.4▲ | 68% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 50 | 1.7▲ | 56% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 39 | 1.3▲ | 77% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 48 | 1.6▲ | 63% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 39 | 1.3▲ | 74% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Criterion 2 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 2.38 mi3.83 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 83% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 20% the higher standard. Across Cambridgeshire it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲83% | 62% | ||
| ▲20% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 110841)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected St Alban's Catholic Primary School on 7 May 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 7 May 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Nov 2014
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 110841), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Nov 2014Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110841)
May 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110841)
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (122 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 122
- 58% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 69% who raised concerns
based on the 25% who had a child bullied