Linchfield Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Peterborough, Lincolnshire·PE6 8EY
Composite score
46.8
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#8,492
National rank
#707
In East Midlands
#116
In Lincolnshire
Top 58%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
54%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
57 first choices, 59 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
100
any preference, for 59 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.01
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1 per place
0.9720220.9120230.9420240.9720250.972026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Linchfield Academy 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
307
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
23.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,853
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Linchfield Academy

Linchfield Academy is a primary school in Peterborough, Lincolnshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 307 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 54% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 7.0 percentage points compared with the previous 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 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% 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 Linchfield Academy their first choice was offered one of its 59 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.3%. There are about 21.0 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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