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Polebrook Church of England Primary School

Primary Ages 5-11 70 pupils Peterborough

Polebrook Church of England Primary School is an academy converter in Peterborough (North Northamptonshire) for pupils aged 5 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 70 pupils on roll. In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 5-11
Religion Church of England
Address Main Street
Polebrook
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE8 5LN
Phone 01832272319
Reference Number 148257

General Makeup

Number of pupils 70
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 61.43%
Girls: 38.57%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 8.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 7.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 16.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 23

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 6 4 10
2 7 4 11
3 6 6 12
4 12 1 13
5 4 6 10
6 7 4 11

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 87.1%
White, Other 5.7%
Unclassified 4.3%
White & Black (African) 1.4%
African 1.4%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 20 Sep 2023 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
20 Sep 2023 School inspection
06 Nov 2020 Academy conversion letter
24 May 2016 Short inspection
Previously as Polebrook Church of England Primary School
28 Mar 2014 Interim assessment
12 Oct 2010 Full inspection:
08 Oct 2007 Full inspection:
08 Mar 2004 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 56%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 105
Maths 103

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 6.5
Writing 2.2
Maths -1.8

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Progress Scores

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 12 0
Third Preference 5 0
From another Local Authority 2 1

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Polebrook Church of England Primary School had 76 pupils for 105 places. 29 places (27.6%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “PrinceWill Primary” planning area

North Northamptonshire counted 230 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 195 in 2029–30, down 15%.

20212022202320242025
Places 105105105105105
Pupils 8481908276
Unfilled 20.0%22.9%14.3%21.9%27.6%

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 Polebrook Church of England Primary School attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20212022202320242025
Authorised absence 5.8%5.2%4.6%4.6%4.5%
Unauthorised absence 1.0%1.3%1.3%1.0%0.9%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%2.7%1.3%0.0%2.9%

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, 0.0% of pupils at Polebrook Church of England Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 3.50.00.00.00.0
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 Polebrook Church of England Primary School had 22.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 50.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 9.49.619.710.38.69.8
Teachers who left state teaching 34.6%0.0%9.3%0.0%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –80.0%50.0%–16.7%–
Sick days per teacher –5.42.2–0.1–

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, 18.6% of pupils at Polebrook Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Moderate learning difficulty 6 2
Speech, language and communication needs 4 1
No specialist assessment of need 3 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 0 2
Other difficulty or disability 0 1

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 Polebrook Church of England Primary School received £8,646 and spent £9,229 for each of its 74 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £146,000 (£1,972 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of The Rutland Learning Trust, income was £7,559 and spending £7,570 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2022202320242025
Revenue reserve £187,000£170,000£172,000£146,000
per pupil £2,311£1,911£2,149£1,972
In-year balance £67,000-£33,000£5,000-£43,000
per pupil £827-£366£62-£583

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
Laxton Junior School
1.7 miles
Oundle Church of England Primary School
Cotterstock Road, Oundle, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, PE8 5HA
2.43 miles
Warmington School
School Lane, Warmington, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE8 6TA
2.5 miles
Glapthorn Church of England Primary School
Glapthorn, Oundle, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, PE8 5BQ
3.78 miles
The Elton CofE Primary School of the Foundation of Frances and Jane Proby
School Lane, Elton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE8 6RS
4.2 miles
Name Distance
Prince William School
Herne Road, Oundle, Northamptonshire, PE8 4BS
1.5 miles
Oundle School
The Great Hall, Northamptonshire, PE8 4GH
1.91 miles

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How many pupils does Polebrook Church of England Primary School have?

Polebrook Church of England Primary School has 70 pupils on roll.

What age range does Polebrook Church of England Primary School cover?

Polebrook Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

What are Polebrook Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Polebrook Church of England Primary School?

Polebrook Church of England Primary School is at Main Street, Polebrook, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE8 5LN.

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