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Thorpe Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Atherstone Avenue, Netherton, Peterborough PE3 9UG · thorpeprimary.co.uk · 01733 264340
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 63%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Peterborough 61%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Peterborough Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 447
- 71% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Peterborough
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 32.9%
- First language not English
- 55%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Keys Academies Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Peterborough Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 37 families put the school first and 42 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 42 | 37 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 47 | 45 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 44 | 38 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 45 | 42 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 42 | 42 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 5% the higher standard. Across Peterborough it was 61%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●63% | 62% | ||
| ▼5% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 110774)
Ofsted
Thorpe Primary Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 21 September 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 21 Sept 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Feb 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 110774), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Feb 2017Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110774)
Jun 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110774)
What parents said
84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (19 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 84%
- Replies
- 19
- 3% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied