Park Lane Primary & Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2021
0.602 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2021
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2021 (miles)
Park Lane Primary & Nursery School is a primary school in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 10 July 2024. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2021 entry.
Park Lane Primary & Nursery 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 2021 | 0.602 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.547 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 1.219 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 13.8% of pupils, against a middle figure of 26.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Cambridgeshire.
- The Reception 2021 last distance offered was 0.602 miles, the 3rd shortest of the 11 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published Reception 2021 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 49 first-choice applications for 55 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% 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
- Park Lane, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1JB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 441 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 10 July 2024
Strengths
- “This is a friendly and welcoming place to learn.”
- “Pupils follow the school’s rules of being safe, ready and respectful.”
- “They know that there is an unspoken rule of kindness and treating others with care and respect, which they follow.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the important information pupils need to know is not clearly set out.”
- “This means some subjects are not always taught as consistently as leaders would like.”
- “In these subjects, pupils struggle to recall prior learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 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) | 57% | 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: 49 first-preference applications, 55 offers in total, 49 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.
- Alderman Jacobs School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- New Road Primary & Nursery School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Coates Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Farcet CofE (C) Primary School 4.0 mi Good Last distance published
- The Ashbeach Primary School 5.4 mi Good Last distance published
- William de Yaxley Church of England Academy 5.7 mi Good
- Yaxley Infant School 5.7 mi Good
- Fourfields Community Primary School 5.8 mi Good Last distance published