Yaxley Infant School
Main Street, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7 3LU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Laura Wales
- Constituency
- North West Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 143
- URN
- 110713
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01733240918
About this school
Yaxley Infant School is a community primary school in Peterborough. It teaches children aged 5 to 7 and has 143 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
Trends over time
How Yaxley Infant 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 131 |
| 2023/24 | 152 |
| 2024/25 | 159 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Yaxley Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.1% | 20.1% | 143 | — |
| William de Yaxley Church of England Academy | 40% | 4.1% | 26.3% | 205 | 0.2 miles |
| Fourfields Community Primary School | 65% | 5% | 20.5% | 448 | 0.5 miles |
| St John Henry Newman Catholic VA Primary School | 67% | 3.6% | 14.7% | 415 | 1.1 miles |
| Hampton Vale Primary Academy | 73% | 4.1% | 21.2% | 702 | 1.6 miles |
| Hampton Lakes Primary School | 69% | 4.7% | 18.2% | 417 | 1.6 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)
- 20.13%
- English as an additional language
- 8.2%
- Overall absence
- 4.13%
- Persistent absence
- 11.61%
Location
Nearby schools
-
William de Yaxley Church of England Academy0.2 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
Fourfields Community Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
St John Henry Newman Catholic VA Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
Hampton Vale Primary Academy1.6 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
Hampton Lakes Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Peterborough
Other 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 year groups does Yaxley Infant School teach?
- Yaxley Infant School teaches children aged 5 to 7. It is a primary school in Peterborough.
- Who is the headteacher of Yaxley Infant School?
- The headteacher of Yaxley Infant School is Mrs Laura Wales, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Yaxley Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Yaxley Infant 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 big is Yaxley Infant School?
- Yaxley Infant School has 143 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 7.
- Is Yaxley Infant School full?
- Yaxley Infant School has capacity for 180 pupils and 143 on roll (79%), 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 Yaxley Infant School a faith school?
- No. Yaxley Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Yaxley Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Yaxley Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- What is Yaxley Infant School's absence rate?
- Yaxley Infant School's overall absence rate is 4.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Yaxley Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Yaxley Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.