The Beeches Primary School
Beech Avenue, Peterborough, PE1 2EH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Will Fisk
- Constituency
- Peterborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 619
- URN
- 110756
- Local authority
- Peterborough
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01733209877
About this school
The Beeches Primary School is a community primary school in Peterborough. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 619 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
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 79 | 83 | 79 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 62% | 64% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 7% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 73% | 72% | 72% |
| Expected standard in maths | 68% | 71% | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% | 69% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.60 | - | - |
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 The Beeches 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 | 62% | 52.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 64% | 54.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 58.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 613 |
| 2023/24 | 618 |
| 2024/25 | 622 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Beeches Primary School compares
The Beeches Primary School ranked 21st of 58 primary schools in Peterborough for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 5.7% | 44.9% | 619 | — |
| Gladstone Primary Academy | 44% | 8.5% | 44.4% | 469 | 0.4 miles |
| West Town Primary Academy | 58% | 5.3% | 28% | 412 | 0.5 miles |
| Queen's Drive Infant School | — | 6.5% | 29.8% | 208 | 0.5 miles |
| Bishop Creighton Academy | 69% | 6.5% | 35.6% | 203 | 0.6 miles |
| Lime Academy Abbotsmede | 57% | 5.7% | 41.4% | 423 | 0.7 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)
- 44.86%
- English as an additional language
- 78.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.65%
- Persistent absence
- 17.96%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Gladstone Primary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
West Town Primary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
Queen's Drive Infant School0.5 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
Bishop Creighton Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
Lime Academy Abbotsmede0.7 miles
Primary · Peterborough
Other schools in Peterborough
The Beeches Primary School ranks 27th 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 year groups does The Beeches Primary School teach?
- The Beeches Primary School teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a primary school in Peterborough.
- Who is the headteacher of The Beeches Primary School?
- The headteacher of The Beeches Primary School is Mr Will Fisk, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Beeches Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Beeches 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 big is The Beeches Primary School?
- The Beeches Primary School has 619 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is The Beeches Primary School full?
- The Beeches Primary School has capacity for 630 pupils and 619 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The Beeches Primary School a faith school?
- No. The Beeches Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does The Beeches Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records The Beeches Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have The Beeches Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 62% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Beeches Primary School rank locally?
- The Beeches Primary School ranked 21st of 58 primary schools in Peterborough for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Beeches Primary School's absence rate?
- The Beeches Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Beeches Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Beeches 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.