Southfields Primary School
Southfields Estate, Stanground, Peterborough, PE2 8PU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Mathlin
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Constituency
- North West Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 540
- URN
- 110691
- Local authority
- Peterborough
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01733562873
About this school
Southfields Primary School is a community primary school in Peterborough. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 540 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Southfields 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. 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 | 87 | 90 | 87 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 54% | 45% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 2% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 71% | 59% |
| Expected standard in maths | 69% | 71% | 59% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | 80% | 60% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.90 | - | - |
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 Southfields 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 | Peterborough average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 53% | 52.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 54% | 54.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 45% | 58.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 578 |
| 2023/24 | 582 |
| 2024/25 | 551 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Southfields Primary School compares
Southfields Primary School ranked 53rd of 58 primary schools in Peterborough for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 16% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45% | 5.6% | 34.9% | 540 | — |
| Oakdale Primary School | 78% | 4.4% | 17.9% | 400 | 0.3 miles |
| Saint Michael CofE Primary School | 64% | 5.1% | 17.8% | 408 | 0.4 miles |
| Stanground St Johns CofE Primary School | 67% | 5% | 32.6% | 183 | 0.6 miles |
| Heritage Park Primary School | 73% | 3.7% | 11.7% | 202 | 0.7 miles |
| Farcet CofE (C) Primary School | 38% | 5.1% | 33.7% | 82 | 1.0 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)
- 34.85%
- English as an additional language
- 32.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.56%
- Persistent absence
- 15.03%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Oakdale Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
Saint Michael CofE Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
Stanground St Johns CofE Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
Heritage Park Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
Farcet CofE (C) Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Peterborough
Other schools in Peterborough
Southfields Primary School ranks 69th 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
- Coates Primary School Primary
- Deeping St James Community Primary School Primary
- Discovery Primary Academy Primary
- Dogsthorpe Academy Primary
- Dogsthorpe Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Southfields Primary School teach?
- Southfields Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Peterborough.
- Who is the headteacher of Southfields Primary School?
- The headteacher of Southfields Primary School is Mrs Sarah Mathlin, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Southfields Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Southfields 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 Southfields Primary School?
- Southfields Primary School has 540 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Southfields Primary School full?
- Southfields Primary School has capacity for 630 pupils and 540 on roll (86%), 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 Southfields Primary School a faith school?
- No. Southfields Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Southfields Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Southfields Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Southfields Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Southfields Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Southfields Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 53% in 2022/23 and 45% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Southfields Primary School compare with other schools in Peterborough?
- Southfields Primary School ranked 53rd of 58 primary schools in Peterborough for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 16% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Southfields Primary School's absence rate?
- Southfields Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Southfields Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Southfields 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.