Highlees Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Peterborough
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Peterborough City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2020–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Highlees Primary School is a primary school in Peterborough for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 26 June 2024. Peterborough has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Highlees 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Of its pupils, 54.1% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 39.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Peterborough.
- Every applicant for Reception in 2026 was offered a place, as at 45 of the 58 other Peterborough primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 28 first-choice applications for 28 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 67% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Peterborough.
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
- Ashton Road, Westwood, Peterborough, PE3 7ER
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Peterborough
- Pupils on roll
- 351 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 54.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 26 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at Highlees Primary School.”
- “They are proud to be part of the school.”
- “Pupils have caring and respectful relationships and welcome new pupils who join the school.”
To improve
- “Pupils would benefit further from wider experiences that would help them connect their classroom learning to the wider world.”
- “This is because leaders have identified that they do not have the detailed information they need that tells them how well the curriculum is meeting the needs of pupils.”
- “As a result, pupils have gaps in what they know and remember in some areas of the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 2024 (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) | 67% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 28 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.
- Ravensthorpe Primary Academy 0.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thorpe Primary Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Nova Primary Academy 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Eyrescroft Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Lime Academy Watergall 0.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Longthorpe Primary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Gladstone Primary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published