The Beeches Primary School | School performance

67%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

622

Pupils · 2024/25

78%

EAL · 2024/25

18%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

67%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

622

Pupils · 2024/25

78%

EAL · 2024/25

18%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

67%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

622

Pupils · 2024/25

78%

EAL · 2024/25

18%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 15/11/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityPeterborough

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio21.9:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of The Beeches Primary School · Primary · Peterborough

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

67%

+3pp

67%54%41%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 67%

RWM higher standard

-2pp

10%5%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 5%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

72%

Reading higher standard

27%

Writing expected standard

78%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

78%

Maths higher standard

25%

Science expected standard

82%

SPAG expected standard

77%

SPAG higher standard

35%

Reading scaled score

103.0

Maths scaled score

105.0

GPS scaled score

106.0

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

622

Pupil : teacher ratio

21.9

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

78%

FSM eligible

45%

SEN

26%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

18%

Contact

Address

Beech Avenue, Peterborough, PE1 2EH

Local authority

Peterborough

Website

www.beeches.peterborough.sch.uk

Telephone

01733209877

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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	67%	5%	72%	27%	78%	8%	78%	25%	82%	77%	103.0	105.0	106.0	—	—	—	26%	622
2023/24	64%	7%	72%	20%	78%	10%	71%	24%	86%	69%	103.0	104.0	105.0	—	—	—	27%	618
2022/23	62%	0%	73%	13%	77%	0%	68%	15%	80%	73%	102.0	102.0	104.0	-2.40	-0.40	-0.60	19%	613
2018/19	48%	10%	52%	14%	77%	14%	73%	16%	83%	74%	99.0	103.0	105.0	-1.00	+3.10	+1.80	17%	630
2017/18	41%	4%	51%	11%	78%	13%	55%	8%	86%	71%	99.0	100.0	104.0	-2.30	+2.20	-0.80	20%	619
2016/17	38%	1%	59%	11%	64%	6%	46%	4%	81%	60%	101.0	99.0	102.0	+1.40	+1.70	-0.70	29%	630

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	622	22.1	26%	78%	45%	6%	18%
2023/24	618	22.0	27%	77%	42%	6%	17%
2022/23	613	21.8	19%	78%	38%	7%	23%
2021/22	610	23.3	16%	78%	37%	7%	24%
2020/21	584	20.5	16%	80%	37%	—	—
2018/19	630	22.5	17%	85%	33%	5%	14%
2017/18	619	20.0	20%	90%	33%	5%	12%
2016/17	630	20.9	29%	94%	35%	5%	13%