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Woodston Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Celta Road, Woodston, Peterborough PE2 9ER · woodstonprimary.org · 01733 562784
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 58%
- 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
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 495
- 79% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Peterborough
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 33.1%
- First language not English
- 33.7%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Meridian 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, 34 families put the school first and 43 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 | 43 | 34 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 52 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 53 | 50 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 46 | 45 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 70 | 62 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 58% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% 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 | |||
| ▼58% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 110692)
Ofsted
Woodston Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 3 July 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 3 Jul 2023
- 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: Good, graded inspection, May 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 110692), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
May 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110692)
Dec 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110692)
What parents said
79% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (53 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 79%
- Replies
- 53
- 9% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on the 45% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (26%) with SEND