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Highlees Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 351Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 139930URN

Ashton Road, Westwood, Peterborough, PE3 7ER · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodJun 2018
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jun 2024
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
0.4 below Peterborough median (2.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Peterborough

51 applications for 28 places · 44th of 57 in Peterborough
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
67%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodJun 2018
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jun 2024

Inspection history

  1. 26 June 2024
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 12 June 2018
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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
1.8applications per place, Reception
0.4 below Peterborough median (2.2) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

51 applications · 28 places offered · 28 named it first

  1. 2026 1.8; Peterborough median median 2.2
  2. 2025 1.6; Peterborough median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.9; Peterborough median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.4; Peterborough median median 1.9
  5. 2022 1.8; Peterborough median median 2.0
  6. 2021 1.7; Peterborough median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.6; Peterborough median median 1.9
  8. 2019 2.2; Peterborough median median 1.9
  9. 2018 1.9; Peterborough median median 1.9
  10. 2017 1.4; Peterborough median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.8; Peterborough median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.6; Peterborough median median 2.0
  13. 2014 1.3; Peterborough median median 2.0
More applications per place than the Peterborough median in 1 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Peterborough 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202628511.8281.00
Sep 202538611.6370.97
Sep 202425481.9240.96
Sep 202348671.4460.96
Sep 202234601.8341.00
Sep 202142711.7421.00
Sep 202040621.6380.95
Sep 201940862.2390.98
Sep 201836681.9350.97
Sep 201741581.4400.98
Sep 201639691.8350.90
Sep 201544721.6400.91
Sep 201453701.3420.79

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 78% · Writing 80% · Maths 76% → all three 67% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard67%19th of 55 in Peterborough
Reading
Expected standard78%
Higher standard24%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard80%
Greater depth4%
Maths
Expected standard76%
Higher standard18%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Peterborough median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2567%4%104103
2023/2444%0%103100
2022/2351%2%103103

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

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

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
139930 · 874/2000
Trust
The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust
Capacity
420 pupils · 351 on roll
Free school meals
54.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2013
Replaced
Highlees Community Primary School (URN 110768)
Address
Ashton Road, Westwood, Peterborough, PE3 7ER
Local authority
Peterborough

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