St Matthew's Primary School

St Matthew’s Primary School is a primary school in Cambridge, England. Situated in the heart of Cambridge, St Matthew’s is a non-denominational school catering for around 420 children aged between 3 and 11 (nursery to year 6), also with an affiliated after-school kids’ club. St Matthew’s was established in 1963, though there have been various schools on the site since 1836. It is a feeder school for Parkside Community College. The first schools o... more

St Matthew’s Primary School is a primary school in Cambridge, England. Situated in the heart of Cambridge, St Matthew’s is a non-denominational school catering for around 420 children aged between 3 and 11 (nursery to year 6), also with an affiliated after-school kids’ club. St Matthew’s was established in 1963, though there have been various schools on the site since 1836. It is a feeder school for Parkside Community College. The first schools on the St Matthew’s site were the Barnwell National schools for boys, girls, and infants, opened by the Old Schools in 1836. At the time the site was on the eastern edge of a rapidly expanding Cambridge. The infants’ school was on East Road, the boys’ and girls’ schools accessed through Schoolhouse Lane (off East Road). National schools were founded by the National Society (founded in 1811), which had the aim of founding a Church school in every parish in England and Wales. The Old Schools was a trust founded in 1704 which at the time managed... less