Coates Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.438 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2018–2026 (miles)
Coates Primary School is a primary school in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 May 2022. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Coates Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.438 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 1.586 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 2.346 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 2.346 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.438 miles from the school, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 38 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families (21%) were not offered a place.
- At 1.3 first choices per offer for Reception 2026, the school ranked 10th highest of 199 Cambridgeshire primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 47% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Cambridgeshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- The Fold, Coates, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 2BP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 183 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 May 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils have fun at school and value learning.”
- “In lessons and during playtimes, pupils care for each other and enjoy their time together.”
- “Lessons are calm, and pupils concentrate well on their studies.”
To improve
- “COVID-19 and the introduction of new governors to the school have interrupted the routine work of governors.”
- “This means that governors have not always been able to check the effectiveness of the curriculum as precisely as they did prior to the pandemic.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 July 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 47% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 38 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Cambridgeshire.
- New Road Primary & Nursery School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Alderman Jacobs School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Park Lane Primary & Nursery School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Benwick Primary School 5.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Westwood Primary School 6.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Farcet CofE (C) Primary School 6.7 mi Good Last distance published
- The Ashbeach Primary School 6.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Burrowmoor Primary Academy 6.7 mi No Ofsted grade