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Schools in Peterborough

86 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

Peterborough has 84 state schools: 60 primary, 12 secondary, 3 all-through, 1 nursery. Between them they teach around 40,458 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. 14 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.

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Stamford 14 schools
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 Greater Peterborough UTC Peterborough · Good Gunthorpe Primary School Peterborough · Not judged Hampton College Peterborough · Good Hampton Gardens Secondary School Peterborough · Good 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 · Good Ken Stimpson Academy Peterborough · Requires improvement Leighton Primary and Preschool Peterborough · Good Lime Academy Abbotsmede Peterborough · Good 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 · Good 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 · Good Old Fletton Primary School Peterborough · Good 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

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) Old Fletton Primary School Good · ×0.85 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)

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.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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