Free schools · Peterborough

Hampton Lakes Primary School

3–11Ages
417Pupils
PrimaryPhase
147074URN

Waterhouse Way, Hampton Gardens, Peterborough, PE7 8SJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

3.1per place

0.9 above Peterborough median (2.2)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Peterborough

181 applications for 58 places · 2nd of 57 in Peterborough

Every year since 2020

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

69%met the expected standard

Peterborough 63% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 26 March 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		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

3.1applications per place, Reception

0.9 above Peterborough median (2.2) 0.9 above England median (2.2)

181 applications · 58 places offered · 71 named it first

2026 3.1; Peterborough median median 2.2
2025 2.3; Peterborough median median 1.9
2024 2.4; Peterborough median median 1.9
2023 2.3; Peterborough median median 1.9
2022 2.6; Peterborough median median 2.0
2021 2.8; Peterborough median median 1.9
2020 2.4; Peterborough median median 1.9

More applications per place than the Peterborough median in 7 of 7 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	58	181	3.1	71	1.22
Sep 2025	60	137	2.3	58	0.97
Sep 2024	50	120	2.4	47	0.94
Sep 2023	55	128	2.3	51	0.93
Sep 2022	53	135	2.6	43	0.81
Sep 2021	31	87	2.8	27	0.87
Sep 2020	39	95	2.4	27	0.69

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 88% · Writing 73% · Maths 73% → all three 69% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard69%17th of 55 in Peterborough

Peterborough 63% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard88%

Peterborough 75% England 78%

Higher standard31%

Peterborough 26% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard73%

Peterborough 74% England 75%

Greater depth8%

Peterborough 7% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard73%

Peterborough 76% England 77%

Higher standard23%

Peterborough 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 105 (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	69%	4%	106	105
2023/24	76%	18%	107	106
2022/23

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

Hampton Lakes Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2024

3.1applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
St John Henry Newman Catholic VA Primary School
0.9 km · Peterborough

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.7applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Farcet CofE (C) Primary School
1.6 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2022

1.2applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
Hampton Hargate Primary School
1.7 km · Peterborough

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.5applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Leighton Primary and Preschool
1.8 km · Peterborough

Remains Good2024

1.5applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
Hampton Vale Primary Academy
1.8 km · Peterborough

Good2023

2.4applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Oakdale Primary School
2.0 km · Peterborough

2026

2.9applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
Fourfields Community Primary School
2.1 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2024

1.7applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
Old Fletton Primary School
2.2 km · Peterborough

2026

1.9applications per place 67%met the SATs standard

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Needs attention
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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: Free schools
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 147074 · 874/2016
Trust: Hampton Academies Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 446 pupils · 417 on roll
Free school meals: 18.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 2 September 2019
Address: Waterhouse Way, Hampton Gardens, Peterborough, PE7 8SJ
Local authority: Peterborough

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