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Dogsthorpe Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–7 · Academy
Central Avenue, Dogsthorpe, Peterborough PE1 4LH · dogsthorpeinfants.co.uk · 01733 566849
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2023
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Peterborough Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 235
- 87% of 270 places
- Local authority
- Peterborough
- Free school meals
- 51.9%
- First language not English
- 45.5%
- School census 2025/26
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, 50 families put the school first and 51 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 | 51 | 50 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 56 | 54 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 51 | 47 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 57 | 52 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 67 | 62 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 1 November 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Dogsthorpe Infant School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 31 Oct 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Dec 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 110719), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110719)
Before September 2019
Feb 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110719)
Dec 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110719)
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (14 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 14
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on the 43% who had a child bullied