Manor Drive Primary Academy
Primary · Free schools · Ages 3–11 · 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, 2022–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Manor Drive Primary Academy is a primary school in Peterborough for ages 3–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 13 May 2025. Peterborough has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Manor Drive Primary Academy 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception applicant in 2026 was offered a place, as at 45 of the 58 other Peterborough primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 58 first-choice applications for 58 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 12th highest of 56 Peterborough primary schools, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 30.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Peterborough is 50%.
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
- Porter Avenue, Peterborough, PE4 7EP
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Peterborough
- Pupils on roll
- 319 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 13 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending Manor Drive Primary Academy.”
- “The school places a high value on everyone being included.”
- “There is a warm and welcoming atmosphere.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, the school is not sufficiently clear about the most important knowledge and vocabulary that pupils should learn and revisit.”
- “This hinders how well pupils deepen their understanding of important concepts over time.”
- “However, at times, these checks do not identify whether pupils’ earlier learning is fully secure.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 58 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 58 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.
- Paston Ridings Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Welland Academy 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Norwood Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Dogsthorpe Academy 1.0 mi Not judged
- Dogsthorpe Infant School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gunthorpe Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Fulbridge Academy 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- All Saints' CofE (Aided) Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published