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Schools in Peterborough

86 schools in the Peterborough local authority.

Schools

86

Open schools

Pupils

40,976

2025–26 census

Good or better

89%

55 of 62 graded

Academic Performance

3.9

out of 10 · 78 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
3 5%
Good
52 84%
Requires improvement
7 11%
Inadequate
0 0%
15 inspected since 2024, no overall grade5 superseded by a report card9 not judged
3.9
Academic Performance

Averaged over 78 of 86 schools that can be scored

Pupils

40,976

pupils on roll

Boys 51%49% Girls

Roll from 85 of 86 schools (40,976 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Ethnicity

White
59%
Asian
19%
Black
9%
Mixed
9%
Chinese
<1%
Any other group
2%
Unclassified
3%

Ethnicity from 81 of 86 schools (40,338 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
31.1%

12,560 of 40,338 pupils · 81 of 86 schools

First language not English
35.1%

14,143 of 40,338 pupils · 81 of 86 schools

Young carers
2.7%

1,068 of 40,225 pupils · 80 of 86 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
60
Secondary
15
All-through
1
Special
6
Nursery
1
PRU
1
Not recorded
2

Top primary schools in Peterborough

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Peterborough

The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 86 schools in Peterborough — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Peterborough

How many schools are there in Peterborough?
Peterborough has 86 open schools — 60 primary, 15 secondary, 6 special, 1 nursery, teaching 40,976 pupils in total.
How many schools in Peterborough are rated Good or Outstanding?
55 of the 62 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 89% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 3 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 86: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Peterborough?
3.9 out of 10, averaged across the 78 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Peterborough schools have no Ofsted rating?
24 schools in Peterborough currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Peterborough local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Peterborough covers 86 schools and sits in the East of England region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Peterborough are eligible for free school meals?
31.1% — 12,560 of 40,338 pupils at the 81 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the East of England region.