Petersfield CofE Aided Primary School, Royston
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
This school sits at the heart of its village communities and creates a genuinely welcoming environment where children thrive. Reading is prioritised from the start with strong phonics teaching, and the school has significantly improved its English and mathematics curriculum since the last inspection. Pupils develop into confident learners and good citizens through enriching activities and meaningful roles like school council and health and safety leadership.
Key Strengths
- Strong phonics and reading programme with effective support for struggling readers
- Well-developed English and mathematics curriculum with consistent teaching approaches
- Excellent behaviour management creating calm, orderly classrooms
- Effective support for pupils with special educational needs including pre-learning sessions
- Broad, ambitious curriculum enriched with trips, sporting events, musical concerts and meaningful pupil leadership roles
Areas for Improvement
- Some inconsistencies in how staff explain concepts and set tasks, meaning pupils don't always retain key knowledge as well as intended
- Recent improvements to the wider curriculum not yet fully embedded consistently across all subjects
- Some pupils' individual needs not consistently met in certain subjects, affecting their ability to build knowledge over time
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective with staff creating an open, positive culture that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
Museum trips, visits to places of worship, sporting events, musical concerts, school council, fundraising projects, performances, careers events
Petersfield CofE Aided Primary School has maintained its good standards since the previous inspection. Pupils arrive with smiles and feel safe and happy in this welcoming village school.
At a Glance
16.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
36 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 86% to 65%. Maths has declined from 71% to 57%. Writing has declined from 71% to 57%.
Class Sizes
22.3
Avg class size
6
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
60%
Available places
125 pupils
210 capacity
85 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Royston
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Royston
Admissions Demand - Cambridgeshire
Places available
8,190
Applications
6,413
Got 1st preference
94.4%
Got preferred school
98.8%
Primary admissions across Cambridgeshire (2025/26)
Inspection History(107)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
4.41049%
Overall absence
8.19672%
Persistent absence
122
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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