Academy sponsor led · Peterborough

Lime Academy Abbotsmede

3–11Ages
423Pupils
PrimaryPhase
144597URN

Kingsley Road, Peterborough, PE1 5JS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.3per place

close to Peterborough median (2.2)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Peterborough

67 applications for 29 places · 24th of 57 in Peterborough

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

57%met the expected standard

Peterborough 63% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 9 June 2026Published 12 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Expected standard
Inclusion		Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching		Expected standard
Achievement		Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour		Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing		Expected standard
Early years		Expected standard
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance		Expected standard

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

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

9 June 2026
Report card · 7 Expected standard
22 February 2022
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

2.3applications per place, Reception

close to Peterborough median (2.2) close to England median (2.2)

67 applications · 29 places offered · 28 named it first

2026 2.3; Peterborough median median 2.2
2025 1.7; Peterborough median median 1.9
2024 1.8; Peterborough median median 1.9
2023 1.5; Peterborough median median 1.9
2022 1.5; Peterborough median median 2.0
2021 1.8; Peterborough median median 1.9
2020 1.5; Peterborough median median 1.9
2019 1.4; Peterborough median median 1.9
2018 1.5; Peterborough median median 1.9
2017 1.4; Peterborough median median 1.8; as the previous school
2016 1.3; Peterborough median median 1.8; as the previous school
2015 1.3; Peterborough median median 2.0; as the previous school
2014 1.4; Peterborough median median 2.0; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Peterborough median in 1 of 9 years.

This school
Peterborough median

Dashed bars: as Abbotsmede Primary School (URN 110779), the previous school.

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	29	67	2.3	28	0.97
Sep 2025	36	61	1.7	33	0.92
Sep 2024	44	80	1.8	37	0.84
Sep 2023	46	68	1.5	40	0.87
Sep 2022	42	64	1.5	39	0.93
Sep 2021	34	62	1.8	30	0.88
Sep 2020	57	87	1.5	49	0.86
Sep 2019	55	76	1.4	39	0.71
Sep 2018	48	70	1.5	36	0.75
Sep 2017 *	45	62	1.4	40	0.89
Sep 2016 *	39	50	1.3	29	0.74
Sep 2015 *	53	67	1.3	37	0.70
Sep 2014 *	48	66	1.4	38	0.79

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 64% · Writing 71% · Maths 75% → all three 57% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard57%43rd of 55 in Peterborough

Peterborough 63% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard64%

Peterborough 75% England 78%

Higher standard14%

Peterborough 26% England 33%

Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard71%

Peterborough 74% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Peterborough 7% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard75%

Peterborough 76% England 77%

Higher standard11%

Peterborough 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Peterborough median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	57%	0%	102	103
2023/24	51%	2%	100	101
2022/23	46%	7%	101	102

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

Lime Academy AbbotsmedeThis school
This school

2026

2.3applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School
0.5 km · Peterborough

Good2024

1.7applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
Queen's Drive Infant School
1.0 km · Peterborough

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.6applications per place
Bishop Creighton Academy
1.0 km · Peterborough

Good2023

2.3applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
The Beeches Primary School
1.2 km · Peterborough

Good2023

1.8applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Newark Hill Academy
1.3 km · Peterborough

Good2023

2.2applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
All Saints' CofE (Aided) Primary School
1.4 km · Peterborough

Remains Good2024

2.4applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
Gladstone Primary Academy
1.5 km · Peterborough

Good2023

2.6applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
Dogsthorpe Infant School
1.6 km · Peterborough

Remains Good2023

2.7applications per place

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 144597 · 874/2009
Trust: Lime Trust
Capacity: 476 pupils · 423 on roll
Free school meals: 42.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 August 2017
Replaced: Abbotsmede Primary School (URN 110779)
Address: Kingsley Road, Peterborough, PE1 5JS
Local authority: Peterborough

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