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Polebrook Church of England Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–11 · Academy
Main Street, Polebrook, Peterborough PE8 5LN · polebrook.northants.sch.uk · 01832 272319
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Sept 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 56%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. North Northamptonshire 59%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · North Northamptonshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 70
- 67% of 105 places
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Free school meals
- 8.6%
- First language not English
- 7.1%
- 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: North Northamptonshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 12 families put the school first and 12 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 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 56% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across North Northamptonshire it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼56% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 121987)
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 20 September 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Polebrook Church of England Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 20 Sept 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2010
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 121987), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Oct 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 121987)
Oct 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 121987)
What parents said
81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (26 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 81%
- Replies
- 26
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 88% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied