Schools in Royston
Royston is a market town on the Hertfordshire-Cambridgeshire border served by 19 schools, of which 15 are primaries and 2 are secondaries: Bassingbourn Village College and Melbourn Village College. Admissions are coordinated by Cambridgeshire County Council, with catchment boundaries updated annually each September.
Demand across Royston's schools is notable: 4 of the 19 schools are currently at or above their published admission number. Six schools have a religious character, spanning Church of England voluntary aided and voluntary controlled designations - these schools apply faith oversubscription criteria before distance. Six schools hold a Good or Outstanding Ofsted rating, with catchment distances at those schools tending to tighten as applications concentrate there.
School demand in Royston
Across the 19 schools in Royston with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 85%. 4 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
6 schools in Royston have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
6 of the schools in Royston are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Cambridgeshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
7 of the schools in Royston have a current Ofsted rating, of which 6 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Royston: 3 oversubscribed (15)
Bassingbourn Primary School
Primary · Community school
Royston · SG8 5NP
Fowlmere Primary School
Primary · Community school
Royston · SG8 7SL
Melbourn Primary School
Primary · Community school
Royston · SG8 6DB
Steeple Morden CofE VC Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Royston · SG8 0PD
Petersfield CofE Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Royston · SG8 5QG
Chrishall Holy Trinity and St Nicholas CofE (Aided) Primary School and Pre-School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Royston · SG8 8QE
Reed First School
Primary · Community school
Royston · SG8 8AB
Tannery Drift School
Primary · Community school
Royston · SG8 5DE
Therfield First School
Primary · Community school
Royston · SG8 9PP
Icknield Walk First School
Primary · Community school
Royston · SG8 7EZ
Studlands Rise First School
Primary · Community school
Royston · SG8 9HB
Barley (VA) Church of England First School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Royston · SG8 8JW
St Mary Roman Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Royston · SG8 7DB
Thriplow CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Royston · SG8 7RH
Roman Way Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Royston · SG8 5EQ
Secondary Schools in Royston (2)
Other Schools in Royston (2)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Royston are set by Cambridgeshire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.