The Beeches Primary School, Peterborough

In its own words: "The Beeches is a welcoming and inclusive primary school in the centre of Peterborough. Our children come from a wide range of cultural backgrounds, making for a diverse and vibrant learning community. Our children make very good progress, are enthusiastically engaged in their learning and behave consistently well. The translation tool is available on every page."

From the headteacher's welcome: "On behalf of the children, staff and governors, I warmly welcome you and your family to The Beeches Primary School, a large, vibrant and diverse school with over 620 children on roll, situated near the City Centre of Peterborough."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care.

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils at The Beeches Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 78% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 75% in Peterborough and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 72% in reading and 71% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 54 families put The Beeches Primary School as their first choice and 99 named it as one of their preferences, for 56 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to The Beeches Primary School are Gladstone Primary Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 62% reading, 54% maths); West Town Primary Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 63% reading, 73% maths); Queen's Drive Infant School (0.5 miles, Requires improvement); and Bishop Creighton Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 79% reading, 76% maths).

The Beeches Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

43.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 79.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (44%), Black (14%) and Mixed (9%).

The nearest railway station is Peterborough Rail Station, about 520 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cobden Avenue (adjacent), 230 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The Beeches Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 925 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Peterborough (275), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, The Beeches Primary School issued 21 suspensions, 3.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to The Beeches Primary School are The King's (The Cathedral) School (0.4 miles), Clare Lodge (0.6 miles), Thomas Deacon Academy (0.7 miles) and Greater Peterborough UTC (0.8 miles).