Alderman Jacobs School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Peterborough · PE7 1XJ · Cambridgeshire
Ages 3–11
- KS257%
- Absence6.6%
- FSM25.0%
- Demand1.00
0.8 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Needs attentionURN 140538
New Road Primary & Nursery School
Academy converter · Peterborough · PE7 1SZ
Ages 2–11 · 310 pupils · Cambridgeshire
Ofsted
Needs attention
KS2 expected (RWM)
14%
Overall absence
8.1%
Admissions demand
0.96 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Needs attention
Inspection date
2026-04-14
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Safeguarding standards: Met
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)14%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 98.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 95.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 96.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)24.7%
Unauthorised2.0%
- Authorised absence
- 6.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.5%
- Enrolments in measure
- 198
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.96 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
22
Places offered
24
1st-preference offers
22
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 58
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 23
- Applications from outside LA
- 1
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 1
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill119%
310 pupils · 260 places
- Pupils on roll
- 310
- Boys / girls
- 159 / 151
- School capacity
- 260
- Capacity fill
- 310 / 260 (119%)
- Free school meals
- 33.2%
- FSM pupils
- 103
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: ASPIRE LEARNING TRUST (WHITTLESEY)
- Academy trust
- ASPIRE LEARNING TRUST (WHITTLESEY)
- Sponsor
- Aspire Learning Trust (Whittlesey)
- Headteacher
- Mr Rob Litten
Location
- Address
- New Road, Whittlesey
- Postcode
- PE7 1SZ
- Town
- Peterborough
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- District
- Fenland
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 2–11, in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, 310 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 33.2%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Park Lane Primary & Nursery School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Peterborough · PE7 1JB · Cambridgeshire
Ages 3–11
- KS253%
- Absence5.2%
- FSM14.5%
- Demand0.98
1.2 miles away
Coates Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Peterborough · PE7 2BP · Cambridgeshire
Ages 5–11
- KS262%
- Absence5.7%
- FSM21.9%
- Demand1.00
1.7 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Rob Litten
- Telephone
- 01733204422