Hampton Hargate Primary School
Hargate Way, Hampton Hargate, Peterborough, PE7 8BZ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Andy Lyons
- Constituency
- North West Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 642
- Pupils on roll
- 641
- URN
- 132763
- Local authority
- Peterborough
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01733296780
About this school
Hampton Hargate Primary School is a community primary school in Peterborough. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 641 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Hampton Hargate 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
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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 90 | 91 | 91 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 78% | 69% | 77% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 16% | 8% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 84% | 78% | 85% |
| Expected standard in maths | 89% | 78% | 89% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 82% | 82% | 88% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 105.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.90 | - | - |
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 Hampton Hargate 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 | 78% | 52.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 54.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 77% | 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 | 4.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 634 |
| 2023/24 | 629 |
| 2024/25 | 638 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hampton Hargate Primary School compares
Hampton Hargate Primary School ranked 8th of 58 primary schools in Peterborough for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 82% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 77% | 4.2% | 16.8% | 641 | — |
| Hampton Vale Primary Academy | 73% | 4.1% | 21.2% | 702 | 0.4 miles |
| Braybrook Primary Academy | 59% | 4.5% | 41.4% | 206 | 0.6 miles |
| Leighton Primary and Preschool | 47% | 4.6% | 44.2% | 298 | 0.6 miles |
| Winyates Primary School | 76% | 5% | 51.3% | 175 | 0.7 miles |
| St John Henry Newman Catholic VA Primary School | 67% | 3.6% | 14.7% | 415 | 0.9 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)
- 16.77%
- English as an additional language
- 43.4%
- Overall absence
- 4.22%
- Persistent absence
- 6.75%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hampton Vale Primary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
Braybrook Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
Leighton Primary and Preschool0.6 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
Winyates Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
St John Henry Newman Catholic VA Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Peterborough
Other schools in Peterborough
Hampton Hargate Primary School ranks 10th 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 Hampton Hargate Primary School teach?
- Hampton Hargate Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Peterborough.
- Who is the headteacher of Hampton Hargate Primary School?
- The headteacher of Hampton Hargate Primary School is Mr Andy Lyons, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Hampton Hargate Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hampton Hargate 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 Hampton Hargate Primary School?
- Hampton Hargate Primary School has 641 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Hampton Hargate Primary School full?
- Hampton Hargate Primary School has capacity for 642 pupils and 641 on roll (100%), so it is at or above 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 Hampton Hargate Primary School a faith school?
- No. Hampton Hargate Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Hampton Hargate Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Hampton Hargate Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Hampton Hargate Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 78% in 2022/23 and 77% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Hampton Hargate Primary School compare with other schools in Peterborough?
- Hampton Hargate Primary School ranked 8th of 58 primary schools in Peterborough for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 82% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Hampton Hargate Primary School's absence rate?
- Hampton Hargate Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Hampton Hargate Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hampton Hargate 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 30 June 2026.