William Law CofE Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Peterborough·PE4 5DT
Composite score
43.3
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#9,810
National rank
#1069
In East of England
#37
In Peterborough
Top 66%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
53 first choices, 54 places
First choices per place
0.98
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
93
any preference, for 54 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.02
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put William Law CofE Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
5–11
Pupils on roll
539
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
24.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
22.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,236
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

William Law CofE Primary School is a primary school serving Peterborough, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 539 pupils aged 5 to 11 on roll. 63% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 27.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made William Law CofE Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 54 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.2%. There are about 24.7 pupils per teacher. William Law CofE Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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