Academy converter · Cambridgeshire

Alderman Jacobs School

3–11Ages
671Pupils
PrimaryPhase
136653URN

Drybread Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1XJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodJun 2017

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Mar 2023

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.6per place

close to Cambridgeshire median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

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142 applications for 89 places · 97th of 162 in Cambridgeshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

66%met the expected standard

Cambridgeshire 62% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodJun 2017

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Mar 2023

Inspection history

3 March 2023
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
13 June 2017
Graded inspection: Good

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About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.6applications per place, Reception

close to Cambridgeshire median (1.8) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

142 applications · 89 places offered · 92 named it first

2026 1.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2025 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2024 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2023 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2022 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2021 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2020 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2019 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2018 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2017 1.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2016 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2015 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2014 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9

More applications per place than the Cambridgeshire median in 0 of 13 years.

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Cambridgeshire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	89	142	1.6	92	1.03
Sep 2025	86	125	1.5	86	1.00
Sep 2024	82	112	1.4	82	1.00
Sep 2023	82	123	1.5	82	1.00
Sep 2022	90	135	1.5	93	1.03
Sep 2021	82	111	1.4	72	0.88
Sep 2020	77	112	1.5	72	0.94
Sep 2019	84	123	1.5	80	0.95
Sep 2018	83	118	1.4	81	0.98
Sep 2017	73	113	1.6	72	0.99
Sep 2016	83	119	1.4	68	0.82
Sep 2015	68	105	1.5	66	0.97
Sep 2014	69	106	1.5	54	0.78

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 77% · Writing 77% · Maths 73% → all three 66% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard66%69th of 195 in Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire 62% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard77%

Cambridgeshire 78% England 78%

Higher standard22%

Cambridgeshire 34% England 33%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard77%

Cambridgeshire 70% England 75%

Greater depth11%

Cambridgeshire 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard73%

Cambridgeshire 76% England 77%

Higher standard20%

Cambridgeshire 26% England 24%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

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Cambridgeshire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	66%	4%	103	103
2023/24	57%	3%	103	102
2022/23	58%	19%	105	105

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Alderman Jacobs SchoolThis school
This school

Remains Good2023

1.6applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
New Road Primary & Nursery School
1.2 km · Cambridgeshire

2026

2.0applications per place 31%met the SATs standard
Park Lane Primary & Nursery School
1.3 km · Cambridgeshire

Remains Good2024

1.8applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Coates Primary School
3.1 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2022

1.6applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
Heritage Park Primary School
6.1 km · Peterborough

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.5applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
The Duke of Bedford Primary School
6.7 km · Peterborough

Standards maintained2025

1.5applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
Saint Michael CofE Primary School
6.8 km · Peterborough

Requires improvement2022

1.6applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Eye CofE Primary School
6.8 km · Peterborough

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.6applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Lime Academy Parnwell
7.1 km · Peterborough

Good2022

1.5applications per place 63%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

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School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 136653 · 873/2087
Trust: Soke Education Trust
Capacity: 630 pupils · 671 on roll
Free school meals: 25.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 April 2011
Replaced: Alderman Jacobs Primary School (URN 110646)
Address: Drybread Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1XJ
Local authority: Cambridgeshire · Fenland

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources