Alderman Jacobs School

Alderman Jacobs School continues to demonstrate good performance, marked by a supportive and nurturing environment where pupils enjoy learning. The school has established strong relationships among students and staff, fostering a culture of kindness and cooperation. Leaders have developed an ambitious curriculum that aligns with the school's values and emphasizes reading and personal development, allowing pupils to thrive academically and socially. Overall, pupils exhibit good behavior, strong engagement in their studies, and respect for diversity.

Strengths

• Strong relationships among pupils and staff
• Ambitious and well-structured curriculum
• Effective phonics teaching leading to confident readers
• Good support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities
• Enriching extracurricular activities promoting personal development
• High-quality training and support for staff

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment practices in a few subjects, such as art, are less developed
• Teachers do not always identify the next steps in learning precisely for all subjects

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Alderman Jacobs School attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.3% of pupils at Alderman Jacobs School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Alderman Jacobs School had 22.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 19.1% of pupils at Alderman Jacobs School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Alderman Jacobs School received £6,150 and spent £6,501 for each of its 643 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £440,000 (£685 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Soke Education Trust, income was £6,611 and spending £6,782 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Peterborough · Cambridgeshire local authority: places and applications

Alderman Jacobs School is part of Soke Education Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Gunthorpe Primary School Peterborough
• Werrington Primary School Peterborough
• Northborough Primary School Peterborough
• John Clare Primary School Peterborough
• Wittering Primary School Peterborough

What is Alderman Jacobs School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Alderman Jacobs School is Good, from an inspection in April 2023.

When was Alderman Jacobs School last inspected by Ofsted?

Alderman Jacobs School was last inspected in April 2023.

How many pupils does Alderman Jacobs School have?

Alderman Jacobs School has 671 pupils on roll.

What age range does Alderman Jacobs School cover?

Alderman Jacobs School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Alderman Jacobs School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Alderman Jacobs School?

Alderman Jacobs School is at Drybread Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 1XJ.