Voluntary controlled school · Primary
Cambridge · CB22 7RG · Cambridgeshire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
2.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 110836
Petersfield CofE Aided Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Royston · SG8 5QG
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
125
Local authority
Cambridgeshire
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Royston, Cambridgeshire, 125 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 16.8%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Ely.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Overview
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 110836
Location
- Address
- Hurdleditch Road, Orwell
- Postcode
- SG8 5QG
- Town
- Royston
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- District
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 125
- Boys / girls
- 69 / 56
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 125 / 210 (60%)
- Free school meals
- 16.8%
- FSM pupils
- 21
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Ely
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Laura Penrose
- Telephone
- 01223207382
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2020-02-04
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 71%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 21%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 107.0