Discovery Primary Academy | School performance

63%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

456

Pupils · 2024/25

51%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

63%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

456

Pupils · 2024/25

51%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

63%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

456

Pupils · 2024/25

51%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 22/02/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityPeterborough

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio20.9:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Discovery Primary Academy · Primary · Peterborough

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2018/19

RWM expected standard

63%

+17pp

63%55%46%

'19'23'24'25

'25 · 63%

RWM higher standard

+5pp

7%4%0%

'19'23'24'25

'25 · 5%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

70%

Reading higher standard

22%

Writing expected standard

76%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

74%

Maths higher standard

24%

Science expected standard

87%

SPAG expected standard

70%

SPAG higher standard

24%

Reading scaled score

104.0

Maths scaled score

104.0

GPS scaled score

104.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

456

Pupil : teacher ratio

20.9

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

51%

FSM eligible

39%

SEN

23%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

15%

Contact

Address

Mountsteven Avenue, Walton, Peterborough, PE4 6HX

Local authority

Peterborough

Website

www.discoveryprimary.com/

Telephone

01733325001

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	63%	5%	70%	22%	76%	7%	74%	24%	87%	70%	104.0	104.0	104.0	—	—	—	23%	456
2023/24	46%	0%	57%	14%	61%	0%	62%	10%	75%	51%	101.0	101.0	101.0	—	—	—	21%	503
2022/23	58%	0%	67%	19%	71%	0%	72%	13%	76%	73%	103.0	102.0	104.0	-1.10	-1.10	-0.90	19%	550
2018/19	54%	7%	65%	21%	68%	12%	70%	27%	80%	75%	102.0	104.0	105.0	-2.10	-3.00	-1.10	10%	587

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	456	20.5	23%	51%	39%	5%	15%
2023/24	503	20.8	21%	46%	39%	6%	21%
2022/23	550	22.4	19%	44%	39%	7%	26%
2021/22	550	20.7	11%	44%	38%	7%	24%
2020/21	558	21.4	12%	41%	35%	—	—
2018/19	587	9.9	10%	39%	29%	4%	9%