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Northborough Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Church Street, Northborough, Peterborough PE6 9BN · northboroughschool.co.uk · 01733 252204
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 74%
- 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
- 187
- 88% of 212 places
- Local authority
- Peterborough
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 12.8%
- First language not English
- 2.1%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Soke Education 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, 18 families put the school first and 19 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 | 19 | 18 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 74% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 6% 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 | |||
| ▲74% | 62% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 110700)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 24 January 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Northborough Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 23 Jan 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 110700), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Dec 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110700)
Jun 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110700)
Dec 2009Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110700)
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (71 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 71
- 40% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied
based on 16 parents (23%) with SEND