Longthorpe Primary Academy

Longthorpe Primary has been judged as a good school, maintaining its previous inspection rating. The school has undergone significant leadership changes recently, including new appointments at both school and trust levels, which have positively influenced its operations. Pupils feel safe, happy, and promote an inclusive atmosphere, learning to appreciate diversity. While the school has effectively redesigned its curriculum to ensure a clear learning progression, there are areas that require improvement, particularly in students' writing quality and physical development opportunities in early years.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and happy, fostering a supportive environment.
• The school celebrates diversity and promotes good citizenship.
• Strong relationships exist between pupils and staff.
• The curriculum is well-defined and builds effectively over time.
• Teachers are skilled in early reading and phonics.
• The school provides a variety of enriching trips and extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Writing quality is inconsistent across subjects.
• Outdoor opportunities for physical development in early years are lacking.

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 Longthorpe Primary Academy attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.9% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Longthorpe Primary Academy 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 Longthorpe Primary Academy had 22.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.4% 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, 13.5% of pupils at Longthorpe Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.0% 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 Longthorpe Primary Academy received £6,547 and spent £6,551 for each of its 417 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £133,000 (£319 per pupil).

Across all 5 schools of Keys Academies Trust, income was £7,981 and spending £7,915 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 · Peterborough local authority: places and applications

Longthorpe Primary Academy is part of Keys Academies Trust, which runs 5 schools. The nearest others:

• Jack Hunt Academy Peterborough
• Thorpe Primary Academy Peterborough
• Nova Primary Academy Peterborough
• Ravensthorpe Primary Academy Peterborough

What is Longthorpe Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Longthorpe Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Longthorpe Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Longthorpe Primary Academy was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Longthorpe Primary Academy have?

Longthorpe Primary Academy has 401 pupils on roll.

What age range does Longthorpe Primary Academy cover?

Longthorpe Primary Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Longthorpe Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Longthorpe Primary Academy?

Longthorpe Primary Academy is at Bradwell Road, Longthorpe, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE3 9QW.