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St Augustine's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Junior School

Primary · Peterborough · PE2 9DH

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 3 March 2023

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At a glance

217 pupils · 90% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
36.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
47.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.staugustinesjuniorschool.co.uk
URN
110853

In figures

An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 3 March 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 3

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.939 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
55%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
2%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
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 school55%
Median of its 12 closest peers62%
Peterborough average64.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, StocktonStockton-on-Tees · 145 miles awayGood53%
Longshaw Primary AcademyLondon · 66 miles awayGood68%
Rectory Farm Primary SchoolNorthampton · 31 miles awayGood45%
St George's Primary SchoolHull · 82 miles awayGood62%
Lift HazelwoodSwindon · 97 miles awayGood80%
St Ethelbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyBolton · 115 miles awayExpected standard62%
Haslingden St James Church of England Primary SchoolHaslingden · 117 miles awayGood52%
Tiverton AcademyBirmingham · 71 miles awayGood74%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, GatesheadGateshead · 174 miles awayGood62%
St John's CofE SchoolStanmore · 65 miles awayGood74%
Bishop Parker Catholic SchoolMilton Keynes · 45 miles awayGood60%
Graiseley Primary SchoolWolverhampton · 79 miles awayRequires improvement57%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 36% (Peterborough 38%, England 60%) · Any other White background 19% (Peterborough 18%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 13% (Peterborough 5%, England 4%) · Black African 9% (Peterborough 8%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Peterborough 4%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Peterborough 1%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 3% (Peterborough 11%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Peterborough 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Peterborough 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Peterborough 3%, England 3%) · Not recorded 1% (Peterborough 2%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

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)
3.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.17 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Peterborough: 4.86 suspensions and 0.04 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
21.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

74% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 26% left the state-funded sector

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)

30.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 22.5 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 £53,237; 33.3% 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£7,441
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (3%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £106,682; in-year balance +£17,625

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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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher29.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work29.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways18.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier42.7%62.3%
Social housing15.4%17.1%
Privately rented41.9%20.5%
Detached houses9.4%22.9%
Flats35.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van28.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01015622 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£200,000399 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£168,000–£275,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (69)£340,000
Semi-detached (95)£243,000
Terraced (146)£190,000
Flat (89)£130,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 3 cutoff distance (1.51 km, 2024 entry): 649 sales, median £215,000. 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

Child pedestrian casualties
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
21an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

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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