Coates Primary School
The Fold, Coates, Peterborough, PE7 2BP
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lindsey Boucher
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 183
- URN
- 110631
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01733840527
About this school
Coates Primary School is a community primary school in Peterborough. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 183 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Coates Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 33 | 26 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 58% | 62% | 47% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 8% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 81% | 60% |
| Expected standard in maths | 76% | 85% | 73% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 61% | 65% | 53% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.30 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Coates Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Cambridgeshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 58% | 56.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 55.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 47% | 57.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 201 |
| 2023/24 | 193 |
| 2024/25 | 203 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Coates Primary School compares
Coates Primary School ranked 157th of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 18% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 47% | 4.4% | 21.2% | 183 | — |
| New Road Primary & Nursery School | 31% | 6.5% | 37% | 310 | 1.7 miles |
| Alderman Jacobs School | 66% | 5.9% | 25.6% | 671 | 1.9 miles |
| Park Lane Primary & Nursery School | 57% | 5.3% | 16.1% | 441 | 2.7 miles |
| The Duke of Bedford Primary School | 81% | 4.3% | 27.2% | 221 | 4.1 miles |
| Benwick Primary School | 64% | 4.4% | 28.6% | 105 | 5.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 21.18%
- English as an additional language
- 3.9%
- Overall absence
- 4.38%
- Persistent absence
- 11.67%
Location
Nearby schools
-
New Road Primary & Nursery School1.7 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
Alderman Jacobs School1.9 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
Park Lane Primary & Nursery School2.7 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
The Duke of Bedford Primary School4.1 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
Benwick Primary School5.3 miles
Primary · March
Other schools in Peterborough
Coates Primary School ranks 66th of the 78 ranked primary schools in Peterborough.
- Alderman Jacobs School Primary
- All Saints' CofE (Aided) Primary School Primary
- Baston CE Primary School Primary
- Bishop Creighton Academy Primary
- Braybrook Primary Academy Primary
- Brewster Avenue Infant School Primary
- Castor CofE Primary School Primary
- Deeping St James Community Primary School Primary
- Discovery Primary Academy Primary
- Dogsthorpe Academy Primary
- Dogsthorpe Infant School Primary
- Eye CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Coates Primary School teach?
- Coates Primary School teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a primary school in Peterborough.
- Who is the headteacher of Coates Primary School?
- The headteacher of Coates Primary School is Mrs Lindsey Boucher, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Coates Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Coates Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Coates Primary School?
- Coates Primary School has 183 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is Coates Primary School full?
- Coates Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 183 on roll (87%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Coates Primary School a faith school?
- No. Coates Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Coates Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Coates Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Coates Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 58% in 2022/23 and 47% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Coates Primary School compare with other schools in Cambridgeshire?
- Coates Primary School ranked 157th of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 18% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Coates Primary School's absence rate?
- Coates Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Coates Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Coates Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.