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Best primary schools in Peterborough

55 of 60 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Peterborough schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 55 of them.

# School Met expected standard (RWM) Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Barnack CofE (Controlled) Primary School Stamford 95.0% Good oversubscribed 1.27 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
2 John Clare Primary School Peterborough 91.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
3 St John's Church School Peterborough 85.0% Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
4 Norwood Primary School Peterborough 83.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
5 The Duke of Bedford Primary School Peterborough 81.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
6 Oakdale Primary School Peterborough 78.0% Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
7 Hampton Hargate Primary School Peterborough 77.0% Not judged improving about even 1.11 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
8 Nene Valley Primary School Peterborough 76.0% Good oversubscribed 1.26 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
9 Paston Ridings Primary School Peterborough 76.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
10 Winyates Primary School Peterborough 76.0% Not judged improving undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
11 Northborough Primary School Peterborough hidden gem 74.0% Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
12 Hampton Vale Primary Academy Peterborough hidden gem 73.0% Good about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
13 Heritage Park Primary School Peterborough 73.0% Not judged improving about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
14 Newark Hill Academy Peterborough 73.0% Good about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
15 Castor CofE Primary School Peterborough 70.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
16 Nova Primary Academy Peterborough 70.0% Not judged about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
17 Bishop Creighton Academy Peterborough 69.0% Good improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
18 Hampton Lakes Primary School Peterborough 69.0% Good oversubscribed 1.22 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
19 Highlees Primary School Peterborough 67.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
20 Old Fletton Primary School Peterborough hidden gem 67.0% Good about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
21 St John Henry Newman Catholic VA Primary School Peterborough 67.0% Not judged oversubscribed 1.45 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 Stanground St Johns CofE Primary School Peterborough hidden gem 67.0% Good about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
23 The Beeches Primary School Peterborough 67.0% Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
24 Fulbridge Academy Peterborough 66.0% Outstanding about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
25 Longthorpe Primary Academy Peterborough 64.0% Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
26 Saint Michael CofE Primary School Peterborough 64.0% Requires improvement about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
27 Discovery Primary Academy Peterborough 63.0% Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
28 Eye CofE Primary School Peterborough 63.0% Not judged improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
29 Lime Academy Parnwell Peterborough 63.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
30 Ormiston Meadows Academy Peterborough 63.0% Not judged improving about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
31 Peakirk-Cum-Glinton Cofe Primary Academy Peterborough 63.0% Requires improvement about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
32 St Botolph's Church of England Primary School Peterborough hidden gem 63.0% Good about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
33 Thorpe Primary Academy Peterborough hidden gem 63.0% Good about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
34 William Law CofE Primary School Peterborough 63.0% Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
35 Orton Wistow Primary School Peterborough hidden gem 62.0% Good about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
36 All Saints' CofE (Aided) Primary School Peterborough 60.0% Good about even 1.08 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
37 Eyrescroft Primary School Peterborough hidden gem 60.0% Good improving about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
38 Wittering Primary School Peterborough 60.0% Not judged about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
39 Braybrook Primary Academy Peterborough hidden gem 59.0% Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
40 Lime Academy Watergall Peterborough 59.0% Requires improvement about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
41 West Town Primary Academy Peterborough 58.0% Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
42 Woodston Primary School Peterborough hidden gem 58.0% Good undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
43 Lime Academy Abbotsmede Peterborough 57.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
44 Ravensthorpe Primary Academy Peterborough 57.0% Requires improvement about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
45 Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Peterborough 57.0% Good oversubscribed 1.23 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
46 Werrington Primary School Peterborough 56.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
47 St Augustine's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Junior School Peterborough 55.0% Good — mapped
48 Welland Academy Peterborough 50.0% Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
49 Leighton Primary and Preschool Peterborough 47.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
50 Dogsthorpe Academy Peterborough 45.0% Not judged declining — mapped
51 Southfields Primary School Peterborough 45.0% Not judged about even 1.12 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
52 Welbourne Primary Academy Peterborough 45.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
53 Gladstone Primary Academy Peterborough 44.0% Good improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
54 Gunthorpe Primary School Peterborough 44.0% Not judged about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
55 St Thomas More Catholic Primary School Peterborough 36.0% Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Peterborough

5 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Peterborough, not a fairer one.

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