Eyrescroft Primary School

About Eyrescroft Primary School

Eyrescroft Primary School in Peterborough has been rated Good by Ofsted across the board in its most recent inspection, a notable improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2018. The school’s 2022 inspection gave top marks of Good for overall effectiveness, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. On the most informative exam metric available, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined at Key Stage 2 in the 2023/24 academic year. That figure sits just above the Peterborough local authority average of 59%, placing Eyrescroft 24th out of 53 primary schools in the area. While the school sits in the bottom 50 nationally for this combined measure, its individual subject scores tell a more nuanced story.

Looking closer at the KS2 results, 69% of pupils reached the expected standard in maths, with an average scaled score of 105, and 67% did so in both reading and writing. Reading averaged 104. At the higher standard, 35% of pupils achieved that level in maths, though no pupils reached it in reading and writing combined. The school has no progress scores published, so it is not possible to see how much value it adds from pupils’ starting points. Nationally, Eyrescroft ranks in the 55th percentile among all primary schools, and in the East of England it sits almost exactly at the median. The school’s ranking score of 61 is based on the combined expected standard metric, and it sits well behind the top-performing local primaries like Barnack CofE (Controlled) Primary School, which scored 96.

Eyrescroft is a mixed, non-religious state primary for children aged 5 to 11, with 237 pupils on roll against a capacity of 420. It is oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, there were 45 applications for 28 places, with 27 first-preference offers made. The school offers a wide range of facilities including a Forest School, ICT suite, gymnasium, art studios, music rooms, sensory room and even a chapel. Sports on offer include athletics, dance, cricket, football, swimming and tennis, and clubs range from art and chess to coding, science club and choir. SEND provision is well developed, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social and emotional mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a school that suits families looking for a Good-rated primary with strong SEND support and a broad extracurricular offer, though those seeking top-tier academic outcomes may want to look at higher-ranked local options.

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