Highlees Primary School

Peterborough · PE3 7ER

General information Primary School · 4-11 years Who goes here 351 pupils, 54.1% FSM

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Highlees Primary School

General Information

Address: Ashton Road, Westwood, Peterborough, PE3 7ER – View on map
Phone: 01733264294
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Chris Venables
Age range: 4-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 28 families put it first for 28 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

351 pupils out of 420 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 190
% eligible for free school meals: 54.1%
Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Peterborough average)
English as an additional language: 66% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 12% a year (Peterborough 16.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 76% moved to another school, 24% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Peterborough: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 4 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 5 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Peterborough, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 6.3%
Persistently absent pupils: 19.0%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 16.5%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.1%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Specific learning difficulty: 12 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 12 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 12 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 8 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
Physical disability: 1 pupil
Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 67% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 4% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 6 percentage points above the Peterborough average (61%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 54% against an expected 59%)
3-year average (expected standard): 54%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 78% · Writing 80% · Maths 76% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 51%
Average test scores: reading 104, maths 103
Based on: 55 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolPeterborough averageEngland↗ Improving Up 16 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 6 percentage points above the Peterborough average (61%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 20th of 58 junior and primary schools in the area

=18Bishop Creighton Academy69%
=18Hampton Lakes Primary School69%
=20Highlees Primary School67%
=20Old Fletton Primary School67%
=20St John Henry Newman Catholic VA Primary School67%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Barnack CofE (Controlled) Primary School95%
#2John Clare Primary School91%
#3St John's Church School85%
#4Norwood Primary School83%
#5The Duke of Bedford Primary School81%
#6The King's (The Cathedral) School80%
#7Oakdale Primary School78%
#8Hampton Hargate Primary School77%
=9Nene Valley Primary School76%
=9Paston Ridings Primary School76%
=9Winyates Primary School76%
#12Northborough Primary School74%
=13Hampton Vale Primary Academy73%
=13Heritage Park Primary School73%
=13Newark Hill Academy73%
=16Castor CofE Primary School70%
=16Nova Primary Academy70%
=18Bishop Creighton Academy69%
=18Hampton Lakes Primary School69%
=20Highlees Primary School67%
=20Old Fletton Primary School67%
=20St John Henry Newman Catholic VA Primary School67%
=20Stanground St Johns CofE Primary School67%
=20The Beeches Primary School67%
#25Fulbridge Academy66%
=26Longthorpe Primary Academy64%
=26Saint Michael CofE Primary School64%
=28Discovery Primary Academy63%
=28Eye CofE Primary School63%
=28Lime Academy Parnwell63%
=28Ormiston Meadows Academy63%
=28Peakirk-Cum-Glinton Cofe Primary Academy63%
=28St Botolph's Church of England Primary School63%
=28Thorpe Primary Academy63%
=28William Law CofE Primary School63%
#36Orton Wistow Primary School62%
=37All Saints' CofE (Aided) Primary School60%
=37Eyrescroft Primary School60%
=37Wittering Primary School60%
=40Braybrook Primary Academy59%
=40Lime Academy Watergall59%
=42West Town Primary Academy58%
=42Woodston Primary School58%
=44Lime Academy Abbotsmede57%
=44Ravensthorpe Primary Academy57%
=44Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School57%
=47Thomas Deacon Academy56%
=47Werrington Primary School56%
#49St Augustine's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Junior School55%
#50Welland Academy50%
#51Leighton Primary and Preschool47%
=52Dogsthorpe Academy45%
=52Hampton College45%
=52Southfields Primary School45%
=52Welbourne Primary Academy45%
=56Gladstone Primary Academy44%
=56Gunthorpe Primary School44%
#58St Thomas More Catholic Primary School36%

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13th of 42 primary schools in Peterborough for Ofsted rating

#11Hampton Lakes Primary SchoolGood
#12Hampton Vale Primary AcademyGood
#13Highlees Primary SchoolGood
#14Leighton Primary and PreschoolGood
#15Lime Academy ParnwellGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Fulbridge AcademyOutstanding
#2All Saints' CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolGood
#3Barnack CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolGood
#4Bishop Creighton AcademyGood
#5Braybrook Primary AcademyGood
#6Castor CofE Primary SchoolGood
#7Discovery Primary AcademyGood
#8Eye CofE Primary SchoolGood
#9Eyrescroft Primary SchoolGood
#10Gladstone Primary AcademyGood
#11Hampton Lakes Primary SchoolGood
#12Hampton Vale Primary AcademyGood
#13Highlees Primary SchoolGood
#14Leighton Primary and PreschoolGood
#15Lime Academy ParnwellGood
#16Longthorpe Primary AcademyGood
#17Nene Valley Primary SchoolGood
#18Newark Hill AcademyGood
#19Northborough Primary SchoolGood
#20Norwood Primary SchoolGood
#21Orton Wistow Primary SchoolGood
#22Paston Ridings Primary SchoolGood
#23Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#24St Botolph's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#25St John's Church SchoolGood
#26St Thomas More Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#27Stanground St Johns CofE Primary SchoolGood
#28The Beeches Primary SchoolGood
#29The Duke of Bedford Primary SchoolGood
#30Thorpe Primary AcademyGood
#31Welbourne Primary AcademyGood
#32Welland AcademyGood
#33Werrington Primary SchoolGood
#34West Town Primary AcademyGood
#35William Law CofE Primary SchoolGood
#36Winyates Primary SchoolGood
#37Woodston Primary SchoolGood
#38Lime Academy WatergallRequires improvement
#39Newborough CofE Primary SchoolRequires improvement
#40Peakirk-Cum-Glinton Cofe Primary AcademyRequires improvement
#41Ravensthorpe Primary AcademyRequires improvement
#42Saint Michael CofE Primary SchoolRequires improvement

Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,959 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

20th of 55 primary schools in Peterborough for spending per pupil

#18Southfields Primary School£7,002
#19Welland Academy£6,995
#20Highlees Primary School£6,959
#21Norwood Primary School£6,929
#22The Beeches Primary School£6,889

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Winyates Primary School£10,205
#2Welbourne Primary Academy£9,016
#3Ormiston Meadows Academy£8,598
#4Leighton Primary and Preschool£8,280
#5Paston Ridings Primary School£8,258
#6Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School£8,079
#7Eyrescroft Primary School£8,017
#8Ravensthorpe Primary Academy£7,783
#9Nova Primary Academy£7,753
#10Wittering Primary School£7,674
#11Lime Academy Watergall£7,636
#12Discovery Primary Academy£7,625
#13St John's Church School£7,617
#14The Duke of Bedford Primary School£7,441
#15Lime Academy Parnwell£7,210
#16Bishop Creighton Academy£7,158
#17Eye CofE Primary School£7,150
#18Southfields Primary School£7,002
#19Welland Academy£6,995
#20Highlees Primary School£6,959
#21Norwood Primary School£6,929
#22The Beeches Primary School£6,889
#23Gladstone Primary Academy£6,879
#24Braybrook Primary Academy£6,861
#25Gunthorpe Primary School£6,848
#26Old Fletton Primary School£6,841
#27Lime Academy Abbotsmede£6,765
#28Manor Drive Primary Academy£6,758
#29Thorpe Primary Academy£6,701
#30John Clare Primary School£6,646
#31Barnack CofE (Controlled) Primary School£6,622
#32Fulbridge Academy£6,552
#33Heritage Park Primary School£6,469
#34All Saints' CofE (Aided) Primary School£6,400
#35West Town Primary Academy£6,384
#36St Thomas More Catholic Primary School£6,371
#37Saint Michael CofE Primary School£6,359
#38Hampton Hargate Primary School£6,306
#39William Law CofE Primary School£6,236
#40Castor CofE Primary School£6,195
#41Woodston Primary School£6,150
#42Orton Wistow Primary School£6,145
#43Hampton Lakes Primary School£6,059
#44Stanground St Johns CofE Primary School£6,005
#45St John Henry Newman Catholic VA Primary School£5,990
#46Northborough Primary School£5,910
#47Longthorpe Primary Academy£5,894
#48Oakdale Primary School£5,797
#49Peakirk-Cum-Glinton Cofe Primary Academy£5,768
#50Werrington Primary School£5,760
#51St Botolph's Church of England Primary School£5,739
#52Hampton Vale Primary Academy£5,682
#53Newark Hill Academy£5,664
#54Newborough CofE Primary School£5,601
#55Nene Valley Primary School£5,389

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