Gunthorpe Primary School
The Pentlands, Hallfields Lane, Peterborough, PE4 7YP
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SOKE EDUCATION TRUST
- Head Teacher
- Mrs Charlotte Brattan
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Soke Education Trust
- Constituency
- Peterborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 290
- URN
- 145268
- Local authority
- Peterborough
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01733571193
About this school
Gunthorpe Primary School is a primary academy in Peterborough. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 290 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
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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 62 | 58 | 54 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 47% | 38% | 44% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 61% | 48% | 65% |
| Expected standard in maths | 58% | 57% | 61% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 45% | 61% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 100.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 100.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.20 | - | - |
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 Gunthorpe 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 | 47% | 52.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 38% | 54.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 44% | 58.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 396 |
| 2023/24 | 378 |
| 2024/25 | 341 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Gunthorpe Primary School compares
Gunthorpe Primary School ranked 57th of 58 primary schools in Peterborough for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 15% 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 | 44% | 5.6% | 44.9% | 290 | — |
| Norwood Primary School | 83% | 4.5% | 36.5% | 200 | 0.2 miles |
| Paston Ridings Primary School | 76% | 5.2% | 53.4% | 350 | 0.5 miles |
| Discovery Primary Academy | 63% | 5% | 38.8% | 419 | 0.6 miles |
| Werrington Primary School | 56% | 4.8% | 17.5% | 382 | 0.7 miles |
| Welbourne Primary Academy | 45% | 6.3% | 42% | 177 | 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)
- 44.87%
- English as an additional language
- 29%
- Overall absence
- 5.58%
- Persistent absence
- 14.37%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Norwood Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
Paston Ridings Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
Discovery Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
Werrington Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Peterborough
-
Welbourne Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Peterborough
Other schools in Peterborough
Gunthorpe Primary School ranks 73rd 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 Gunthorpe Primary School teach?
- Gunthorpe Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Peterborough.
- Who is the head teacher of Gunthorpe Primary School?
- The head teacher of Gunthorpe Primary School is Mrs Charlotte Brattan, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Gunthorpe Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Gunthorpe 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 Gunthorpe Primary School?
- Gunthorpe Primary School has 290 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Gunthorpe Primary School full?
- Gunthorpe Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 290 on roll (69%), 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 Gunthorpe Primary School a faith school?
- No. Gunthorpe Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Gunthorpe Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Gunthorpe Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Gunthorpe Primary School?
- Gunthorpe Primary School is part of SOKE EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Gunthorpe Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 47% in 2022/23 and 44% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Gunthorpe Primary School rank locally?
- Gunthorpe Primary School ranked 57th of 58 primary schools in Peterborough for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 15% 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 Gunthorpe Primary School's absence rate?
- Gunthorpe 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 Gunthorpe Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Gunthorpe 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 10 July 2026.