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Peterborough has 85 state schools: 61 primary, 12 secondary, 3 all-through, 1 nursery. Between them they teach around 40,226 pupils. 68 have enough published data for a score, averaging 4.7 out of 10, and 5 score 8 or above.

19 have a sixth form. 15 take children from age three or under. 17 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

Good or better
51
of 57 rated
Average score
4.7
out of 10

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Hampton College Good · ×0.49 1st prefs/place (2026/27) City of Peterborough Academy Good · ×0.58 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Woodston Primary School Good · ×0.79 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Botolph's Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.86 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Stanground Academy Good · ×0.86 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Thorpe Primary Academy Good · ×0.88 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Jack Hunt Academy Good · ×0.89 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Nene Park Academy Good · ×0.89 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Hampton Vale Primary Academy Good · ×0.9 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Orton Wistow Primary School Good · ×0.91 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Peterborough

Primary schools: Catchment area (with sibling) is a high-priority criterion, ahead of out-of-catchment applicants. (source)

Secondary schools: LA has a dedicated 'Secondary schools admissions criteria and catchment areas' page confirming the same structure for secondary. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

All Saints' CofE (Aided) Primary School Peterborough · Good Arthur Mellows Village College Peterborough · Not judged Barnack CofE (Controlled) Primary School Stamford · Good Bishop Creighton Academy Peterborough · Good Braybrook Primary Academy Peterborough · Good Brewster Avenue Infant School Peterborough · Good Calman Colaiste (Kisimul Group) Peterborough · Good Castor CofE Primary School Peterborough · Good Caverstede Nursery School Peterborough · Outstanding City of Peterborough Academy Peterborough · Good Discovery Primary Academy Peterborough · Good Dogsthorpe Academy Peterborough · Not judged Dogsthorpe Infant School Peterborough · Good Eye CofE Primary School Peterborough · Not judged Eyrescroft Primary School Peterborough · Good Fulbridge Academy Peterborough · Outstanding Gladstone Primary Academy Peterborough · Good Great Haddon Primary School Peterborough Greater Peterborough UTC Peterborough · Good Gunthorpe Primary School Peterborough · Not judged Hampton College Peterborough · Good Hampton Gardens Secondary School Peterborough Hampton Hargate Primary School Peterborough · Not judged Hampton Lakes Primary School Peterborough · Good Hampton Vale Primary Academy Peterborough · Good Heltwate School Peterborough · Good Heritage Park Primary School Peterborough · Not judged Highlees Primary School Peterborough · Good Inspire Education Group Peterborough · Good Iqra Academy Peterborough · Good Jack Hunt Academy Peterborough · Good John Clare Primary School Peterborough Ken Stimpson Academy Peterborough · Requires improvement Leighton Primary and Preschool Peterborough · Good Lime Academy Abbotsmede Peterborough Lime Academy Orton Peterborough · Not judged Lime Academy Parnwell Peterborough · Good Lime Academy Watergall Peterborough · Requires improvement Longthorpe Primary Academy Peterborough · Good Manor Drive Primary Academy Peterborough · Not judged Manor Drive Secondary Academy Peterborough · Not judged Marshfields School Peterborough · Good Medeshamstede Academy Peterborough · Not judged Nene Park Academy Peterborough · Good Nene Valley Primary School Peterborough · Good NeneGate Peterborough Newark Hill Academy Peterborough · Good Newborough CofE Primary School Peterborough · Requires improvement Northborough Primary School Peterborough · Good Norwood Primary School Peterborough · Good Nova Primary Academy Peterborough · Not judged Oakdale Primary School Peterborough Old Fletton Primary School Peterborough Ormiston Bushfield Academy Peterborough · Not judged Ormiston Meadows Academy Peterborough · Not judged Orton Wistow Primary School Peterborough · Good Paston Ridings Primary School Peterborough · Good Peakirk-Cum-Glinton Cofe Primary Academy Peterborough · Requires improvement Queen Katharine Academy Peterborough · Not judged Queen's Drive Infant School Peterborough · Not judged Ravensthorpe Primary Academy Peterborough · Requires improvement Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Peterborough · Good Saint Michael CofE Primary School Peterborough · Requires improvement Sense College Peterborough · Good Southfields Primary School Peterborough · Not judged St Augustine's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Junior School Peterborough · Good St Botolph's Church of England Primary School Peterborough · Good St John Fisher Catholic High School Peterborough St John Henry Newman Catholic VA Primary School Peterborough · Not judged St John's Church School Peterborough · Good St Thomas More Catholic Primary School Peterborough · Good Stanground Academy Peterborough · Good Stanground St Johns CofE Primary School Peterborough · Good The Beeches Primary School Peterborough · Good The Duke of Bedford Primary School Peterborough · Good The King's (The Cathedral) School Peterborough · Outstanding The Peterborough School Peterborough Thomas Deacon Academy Peterborough · Not judged Thorpe Primary Academy Peterborough · Good Welbourne Primary Academy Peterborough · Good Welland Academy Peterborough · Good Werrington Primary School Peterborough · Good West Town Primary Academy Peterborough · Good William Law CofE Primary School Peterborough · Good Winyates Primary School Peterborough · Not judged Wittering Primary School Peterborough · Not judged Woodston Primary School Peterborough · Good

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Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 31 October 2027
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 15 January 2028
Sept 2028 Offer day 1 March 2028
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 17 April 2028
Sept 2027 Application deadline 31 October 2026
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 15 January 2027
Sept 2027 Offer day 1 March 2027
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 16 April 2027
Sept 2026 Application deadline 31 October 2025 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 15 January 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2 March 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 16 April 2026 (passed)

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