Southfields Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Peterborough
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.781 miles
Published by Peterborough City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2021–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Southfields Primary School is a primary school in Peterborough for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 21 January 2025. Peterborough has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Southfields 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 | 0.781 mi |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 45% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Peterborough.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.781 miles away, the 5th shortest of 13 Peterborough primary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- 36.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Peterborough is 24%.
- Reception 2026 had 66 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 57 offers went to first-choice families, and 9 first-choice families were not offered a place.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Peterborough schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Southfields Estate, Stanground, Peterborough, PE2 8PU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Peterborough
- Pupils on roll
- 540 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 21 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils get plenty of opportunities to ‘smile, shine and be happy’.”
- “They respect any differences between themselves and others and treat everyone as part of one school family.”
- “Pupils benefit from the support on offer to meet their different needs.”
To improve
- “However, opportunities like this, to deepen pupils’ knowledge, are not consistent across the curriculum.”
- “This includes writing, where staff do not enable pupils to develop writing in greater depth well enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 March 2025 (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) | 45% | 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: 66 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 57 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 Peterborough.
- Oakdale Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Saint Michael CofE Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stanground St Johns CofE Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Heritage Park Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Old Fletton Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodston Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Hampton Lakes Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Augustine's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Junior School 1.5 mi School remains Good