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Folksworth CofE Primary School

Primary · Peterborough · PE7 3TY

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 2 November 2022

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At a glance

84 pupils · 80% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
15.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
27.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://folksworth.eschools.co.uk/website
URN
110812

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 17 families named it first for 16 Reception places, 1.06 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 4.138 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 7 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2015 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 2 November 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.06 first-choice applications per place

16 places offered · 17 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 4.138 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 4.138 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

20 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
70%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
15%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school70%
Median of its 12 closest peers59%
Cambridgeshire average60.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Carlton CofE Primary SchoolBedford · 24 miles awayGood67%
Marton-Cum-Grafton Church of England Primary SchoolYork · 117 miles awayOutstanding40%
Harlestone Primary SchoolNorthampton · 32 miles awayGood55%
Chacombe CEVA Primary AcademyBanbury · 49 miles awayGood (2019)8%
Baydon St Nicholas Church of England Primary SchoolMarlborough · 88 miles awayGood50%
Tarleton Mere Brow Church of England Primary SchoolPreston · 134 miles awayGood67%
Dr South's Church of England Primary SchoolKidlington · 61 miles awayNo current grade82%
Messing Primary SchoolColchester · 64 miles awayGood36%
Coaley Church of England Primary AcademyDursley · 101 miles awayStrong standard100%
Titchmarsh Church of England Primary SchoolKettering · 10 miles awayNeeds attention60%
Trottiscliffe Church of England Primary SchoolWest Malling · 86 miles awayGood67%
All Saints' and St Richard's Church of England Primary SchoolHeathfield · 109 miles awayExpected standard58%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 83% (Cambridgeshire 66%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 7% (Cambridgeshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Cambridgeshire 3%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (Cambridgeshire 2%, England 1%) · Any other White background 2% (Cambridgeshire 11%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Cambridgeshire 2%, England 2%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

5.26 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Cambridgeshire: 4.55 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
16.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

71% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 29% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

12.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 2 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £53,738; 16.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,898
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £411; in-year balance +£5,425

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher37.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work47.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier76.5%62.3%
Social housing6.9%17.1%
Privately rented16.6%20.5%
Detached houses66.6%22.9%
Flats3.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms42.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01018127 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£315,00021 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£261,500–£460,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (12)£425,000
Semi-detached (5)£305,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (4.48 km, 2020 entry): 485 sales, median £332,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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