Schools in St Neots
St Neots is one of the fastest-growing towns in England, and its 21 state schools are administered by Cambridgeshire County Council. The town has expanded significantly with new housing estates to the east and south, and several primary schools have had their PANs increased to keep pace with demand. Popular primaries in the established town centre have historically offered places within 0.7 miles.
Secondary admissions in St Neots are co-ordinated by Cambridgeshire County Council. The town's two main secondary schools draw from defined geographic catchment areas published by the council, and families on the Bedfordshire boundary near Eynesbury sometimes also consider schools across the county line. Catchment maps and offer data are updated annually in the council's online admissions guidance.
School demand in St Neots
Across the 21 schools in St Neots with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 76%. 3 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.
4 schools in St Neots have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
12 of the schools in St Neots 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 St Neots have a current Ofsted rating, of which 7 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in St Neots: 3 oversubscribed (17)
Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School
Primary · Community school
St Neots · PE19 1DZ
Priory Junior School
Primary · Community school
St Neots · PE19 1TF
The Newton Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
St Neots · PE19 6TL
Little Paxton Primary School
Primary · Community school
St. Neots · PE19 6NG
Great Paxton CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
St Neots · PE19 6YJ
Eynesbury CofE C Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
St Neots · PE19 2TD
Bushmead Primary School
Primary · Community school
St Neots · PE19 8BT
Crosshall Infant School
Primary · Academy converter
St Neots · PE19 7GG
Crosshall Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
St Neots · PE19 7GG
Buckden CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
St Neots · PE19 5TT
Winhills Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
St Neots · PE19 2DX
Middlefield Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
St Neots · PE19 2QE
The Round House Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
St Neots · PE19 6AW
Great Staughton Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
St Neots · PE19 5BP
St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots
Primary · Academy sponsor led
St Neots · PE19 1NX
Wintringham Primary Academy
Primary · Free schools
St. Neots · PE19 0AW
Offord Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
St Neots · PE19 5SB
Secondary Schools in St Neots (2)
Other Schools in St Neots (2)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in St Neots 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.