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Dogsthorpe Infant School

Primary Ages 5-7 235 pupils Peterborough
Ofsted: Good
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Dogsthorpe Infant School is an academy converter in Peterborough for pupils aged 5 to 7. It has 235 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Dogsthorpe Infant School is Good, from an inspection in December 2019 of its predecessor, Dogsthorpe Infant School. Attendance is a concern: pupils missed 7.8% of sessions in 2024/25 (the national figure for primary schools is 5.2%), and 28% of pupils were persistently absent.

Ofsted inspection: December 2023.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 5-7
Religion Does not apply
Address Central Avenue
Dogsthorpe
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE1 4LH
Reference Number 147808

General Makeup

Number of pupils 235
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 56.6%
Girls: 43.4%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 51.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 46%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 49 34 83
2 51 38 89

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 26%
White, Other 23%
Pakistani 17.9%
Asian, Other 8.9%
African 6.4%
Unclassified 3.8%
White & Asian 3%
Mixed, Other 2.6%
White & Black (African) 2.1%
Indian 1.3%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish 0.4%
Caribbean 0.4%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Dogsthorpe Infant School, inspected in December 2019.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 31 Oct 2023 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
31 Oct 2023 School inspection
09 Dec 2020 Academy conversion letter
03 Dec 2019 School inspection
Previously as Dogsthorpe Infant School
24 Feb 2016 Full inspection:
21 Sep 2015 Monitoring visit
17 Mar 2014 Monitoring visit
17 Dec 2013 Full inspection:
21 Sep 2010 Full inspection:
08 Jul 2008 Full inspection:
11 Mar 2008 Monitoring visit
20 Nov 2007 Monitoring visit
19 Jun 2007 Monitoring visit
16 Jan 2007 Full inspection:
03 Feb 2003 Full inspection

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 53 1
Third Preference 36 0
From another Local Authority 1 1

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Dogsthorpe Infant School had 245 pupils for 270 places. 25 places (9.3%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Central Primary” planning area

Peterborough counted 773 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 791 in 2029–30, up 2%.

20212022202320242025
Places 270270270270270
Pupils 267264261252245
Unfilled 1.1%2.2%3.3%6.7%9.3%

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 Dogsthorpe Infant School attended 92.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 27.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.0%6.9%6.5%5.3%6.0%
Unauthorised absence 1.4%1.9%1.4%1.4%1.7%
Severely absent pupils 1.6%0.5%1.6%1.1%3.2%

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, 3.7% of pupils at Dogsthorpe Infant School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 1.50.41.52.59.5
Permanent exclusions 00000

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 Dogsthorpe Infant School had 20.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 11.111.110.210.410.6
Teachers who left state teaching 13.6%28.6%16.5%10.1%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 68.8%86.7%71.4%68.8%–
Sick days per teacher 9.87.16.52.8–

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, 17.0% of pupils at Dogsthorpe Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 13 3
No specialist assessment of need 12 0
Social, emotional and mental health 11 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 3 6
Physical disability 1 0

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 Dogsthorpe Infant School received £7,539 and spent £7,827 for each of its 242 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £229,000 (£945 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of Hampton Academies Trust, income was £7,376 and spending £7,332 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2022202320242025
Revenue reserve £221,000£162,000£284,000£229,000
per pupil £831£626£1,165£945
In-year balance £43,000-£58,000£346,000-£70,000
per pupil £162-£223£1,418-£288

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.

Name Distance
Dogsthorpe Academy
Central Avenue, Dogsthorpe, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 4LH
0.07 miles
Welland Academy
Scalford Drive, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 4TR
0.4 miles
All Saints' CofE (Aided) Primary School
Dogsthorpe Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 3PW
0.53 miles
Newark Hill Academy
Eastfield Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 4RE
0.64 miles
Queen's Drive Infant School
Queen's Drive West, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 2UU
0.72 miles
Fulbridge Academy
Keeton Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 3JQ
0.89 miles
Lime Academy Parnwell
Saltersgate, Parnwell, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 4YH
0.94 miles
Lime Academy Abbotsmede
Kingsley Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 5JS
0.98 miles
Manor Drive Primary Academy
Porter Avenue, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE4 7EP
1 miles
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Park Lane, Eastfield, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 5JW
1.01 miles
Paston Ridings Primary School
Paston Ridings, Paston, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE4 7XG
1.01 miles
Gladstone Primary Academy
Gladstone Street, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 2BZ
1.07 miles
The Beeches Primary School
Beech Avenue, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 2EH
1.25 miles
Caverstede Nursery School
Caverstede Road, Peterborough, PE4 6EX
1.42 miles
Norwood Primary School
Gunthorpe Road, Gunthorpe, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE4 7DZ
1.49 miles
Gunthorpe Primary School
The Pentlands, Hallfields Lane, Gunthorpe, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE4 7YP
1.53 miles
Bishop Creighton Academy
Vineyard Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 5DB
1.55 miles
West Town Primary Academy
Midland Road, Peterborough, PE3 6DD
1.6 miles
Ravensthorpe Primary Academy
Brigstock Court, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE3 7NB
1.63 miles
Discovery Primary Academy
Mountsteven Avenue, Walton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE4 6HX
1.64 miles
Name Distance
Marshfields School
Eastern Close, Dogsthorpe, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 4PP
0.42 miles
Thomas Deacon Academy
Queen's Gardens, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 2UW
0.55 miles
Greater Peterborough UTC
Park Crescent Campus, Park Crescent, Peterborough, PE1 4DZ
0.56 miles
Inspire Education Group
Park Crescent, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 4DZ
0.57 miles
Medeshamstede Academy
Reeves Way, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 5LQ
0.79 miles
City of Peterborough Academy
Reeves Way, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 5LQ
0.81 miles
The King's (The Cathedral) School
Park Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 2UE
0.95 miles
Manor Drive Secondary Academy
Porter Avenue, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE4 7EP
0.97 miles
St John Fisher Catholic High School
Park Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 5JN
0.97 miles
NeneGate
Park Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 5GZ
1.06 miles
Clare Lodge
Care of: Peterborough City Council, Peterborough, PE1 1HF
1.66 miles
Iqra Academy
Enterprise Way, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE3 8YQ
1.84 miles
Queen Katharine Academy
Mountsteven Avenue, Walton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE4 6HX
1.84 miles
The Beeches Independent School
45 Thorpe Road, Peterborough, PE3 6AN
1.85 miles
Heltwate School
Heltwate, North Bretton, Heltwate School, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE3 8RL
1.87 miles
The Peterborough School
Thorpe Road, Peterborough, PE3 6AP
1.89 miles
Jack Hunt Academy
Bradwell Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE3 9PY
2.2 miles
Ken Stimpson Academy
Staniland Way, Werrington, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE4 6JT
2.59 miles
Stanground Academy
Peterborough Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 3BY
3.16 miles
Nene Park Academy
Oundle Road, Orton Longueville, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 7EA
3.7 miles

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Dogsthorpe Infant School is part of Hampton Academies Trust, which runs 5 schools. The nearest others:

What is Dogsthorpe Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Dogsthorpe Infant School is Good, from an inspection in December 2019 of its predecessor, Dogsthorpe Infant School.

When was Dogsthorpe Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Dogsthorpe Infant School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Dogsthorpe Infant School have?

Dogsthorpe Infant School has 235 pupils on roll.

What age range does Dogsthorpe Infant School cover?

Dogsthorpe Infant School for pupils aged 5 to 7.

Where is Dogsthorpe Infant School?

Dogsthorpe Infant School is at Central Avenue, Dogsthorpe, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 4LH.

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