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Farcet CofE (C) Primary School

Primary · Peterborough · PE7 3AR

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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 9 June 2022

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At a glance

82 pupils · 59% of 140 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
28% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
16.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://far.graceschools.org.uk/
URN
145302

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 12 families named it first for 15 Reception places, 0.80 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2022 entry went to 0.944 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 4 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2025. Ofsted last graded it Good on 9 June 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.80 first-choice applications per place

15 places offered · 12 first-choice applications · usually has places

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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2025 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2025 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2022 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.944 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
38%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
99
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 school38%
Median of its 12 closest peers61.5%
Cambridgeshire average60.2%
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 John's Catholic Primary SchoolTiverton · 180 miles awayGood45%
Woodlands Church of England Primary AcademyBradford · 104 miles awayGood60%
Furness Vale Primary and Nursery SchoolHigh Peak · 92 miles awayGood71%
St John's Church of England Primary School, TisburySalisbury · 129 miles awayGood (2019)50%
Windermere Primary SchoolSt. Albans · 55 miles awayRequires improvement48%
Tintwistle CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolGlossop · 97 miles awayGood63%
St Luke's Church of England SchoolLondon · 68 miles awayGood100%
Our Lady of Grace Catholic AcademyStoke-on-Trent · 90 miles awayGood83%
Pendeen SchoolPenzance · 287 miles awayGood50%
Hoath Primary SchoolCanterbury · 102 miles awayExpected standard71%
Swinefleet Primary SchoolGoole · 84 miles awayGood60%
Peel Brow SchoolBury · 116 miles awayExpected standard71%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 74% (Cambridgeshire 66%, England 60%) · Any other White background 6% (Cambridgeshire 11%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 5% (Cambridgeshire 1%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Cambridgeshire 3%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 2% (Cambridgeshire 2%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Cambridgeshire 1%, England 2%) · White Irish 2% (Cambridgeshire 0%, England 0%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Cambridgeshire 2%, England 3%) · Black African 1% (Cambridgeshire 3%, England 5%) · Not recorded 1% (Cambridgeshire 2%, England 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)
4.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.16 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
15.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

12.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 0.5 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 £50,385; 28.6% 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 (2024-25)

This school£7,942
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£107,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher23.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications21%18.1%
In managerial or professional work26.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways21.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health41.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier68.6%62.3%
Social housing17%17.1%
Privately rented14.2%20.5%
Detached houses37.7%22.9%
Flats8.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms20%21.1%
Households with no car or van14.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01018212 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£243,000134 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£196,000–£285,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (39)£315,000
Semi-detached (51)£225,000
Terraced (39)£215,000
Flat (5)£100,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.52 km, 2022 entry): 352 sales, median £266,000. 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
5an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an 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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