Barnack CofE (Controlled) Primary School
Barnack, PE9 3DZ · Peterborough local authority
Barnack’s School Grade A+ better than almost every town in England
What stands out about Barnack CofE (Controlled) Primary School
- Its own letter, A+: Key Stage 2 results better than 100% of England’s primary schools
- 96% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 34 points above England’s schools
- 11% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Good, September 2022 (shown, not graded)
- 79% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (30 of 38)
- Homes in its postcode sector (PE9 3) sold for a median £450,000; Barnack’s is £427,500
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 96%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 100% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Peterborough avg 60%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 112, maths 113 (100 = the expected standard)
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at Barnack CofE (Controlled) Primary School?
79% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2026 (8). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Peterborough council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Peterborough council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places
79% got their first choice
Barnack and Peterborough, side by side
2023–2025All 54 graded primaries in Peterborough. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Barnack’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnack CofE (Controlled) Primary School | A+ | 11% | 96% |
| St John's Church School | A+ | 32% | 90% |
| Winyates Primary School | A+ | 48% | 87% |
| The King's (The Cathedral) School | A | 14% | 81% |
| John Clare Primary School | A | 12% | 80% |
| Hampton Hargate Primary School | A− | 18% | 75% |
| The Duke of Bedford Primary School | A− | 27% | 74% |
| Norwood Primary School | A− | 33% | 73% |
| Nene Valley Primary School | A− | 9% | 72% |
| Heritage Park Primary School | A− | 12% | 71% |
| Oakdale Primary School | B+ | 15% | 69% |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School | B | 14% | 67% |
| Newark Hill Academy | B | 33% | 66% |
| Hampton Vale Primary Academy | B | 18% | 65% |
| The Beeches Primary School | B− | 44% | 64% |
| All Saints' CofE (Aided) Primary School | B− | 21% | 63% |
| Werrington Primary School | B− | 14% | 63% |
| Orton Wistow Primary School | B− | 10% | 63% |
| Old Fletton Primary School | B− | 40% | 62% |
| Fulbridge Academy | B− | 34% | 61% |
| Eye CofE Primary School | C+ | 21% | 60% |
| Bishop Creighton Academy | C+ | 35% | 60% |
| Ormiston Meadows Academy | C+ | 28% | 60% |
| Peakirk-Cum-Glinton Cofe Primary Academy | C+ | 15% | 60% |
| Leighton Primary and Preschool | C+ | 44% | 58% |
| Castor CofE Primary School | C | 12% | 57% |
| Paston Ridings Primary School | C | 55% | 56% |
| Wittering Primary School | C | 23% | 56% |
| Discovery Primary Academy | C | 40% | 56% |
| St Augustine's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Junior School | C | 36% | 55% |
| Hampton College | C | 25% | 55% |
| Highlees Primary School | C | 54% | 54% |
| Welland Academy | C | 52% | 54% |
| Longthorpe Primary Academy | C | 15% | 54% |
| Braybrook Primary Academy | C | 44% | 54% |
| Eyrescroft Primary School | C− | 41% | 53% |
| Thorpe Primary Academy | C− | 33% | 53% |
| St Botolph's Church of England Primary School | C− | 18% | 53% |
| William Law CofE Primary School | C− | 25% | 52% |
| Nova Primary Academy | C− | 44% | 52% |
| Welbourne Primary Academy | C− | 43% | 52% |
| Southfields Primary School | C− | 37% | 51% |
| Lime Academy Abbotsmede | C− | 42% | 51% |
| Woodston Primary School | C− | 33% | 51% |
| West Town Primary Academy | C− | 26% | 50% |
| Lime Academy Watergall | C− | 45% | 50% |
| Stanground St Johns CofE Primary School | C− | 24% | 49% |
| Thomas Deacon Academy | D | 36% | 47% |
| Ravensthorpe Primary Academy | D | 39% | 47% |
| Gladstone Primary Academy | D | 43% | 45% |
| Dogsthorpe Academy | D | 50% | 44% |
| Lime Academy Parnwell | D | 66% | 43% |
| Gunthorpe Primary School | D | 46% | 43% |
| St Thomas More Catholic Primary School | D− | 30% | 36% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025168 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
Barnack CofE (Controlled) Primary School’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection: Good, September 2022.
Living near Barnack CofE (Controlled) Primary School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in PE9 3, the school’s postcode sector
Barnack property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in PE9 3 sell for a little over Barnack’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Location
Directions ↗Barnack, PE9 3DZ
Primary schools near Barnack CofE (Controlled) Primary School
The nearest state schools of the same phase, as the crow flies. Catchments and admissions rules decide which one a child gets.
Barnack CofE (Controlled) Primary School: common questions
Is Barnack CofE (Controlled) Primary School a good school?
By its published results, well above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 100% of England’s primary schools (its letter is A+), with 96% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, September 2022.
How hard is it to get into Barnack CofE (Controlled) Primary School?
For September 2026, 38 families put Barnack CofE (Controlled) Primary School first and 30 of them were offered a place; 30 places were offered in all.
What is Barnack CofE (Controlled) Primary School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Good (September 2022).
How much do houses cost near Barnack CofE (Controlled) Primary School?
Homes in its postcode sector, PE9 3, sold for a median £450,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (284 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Barnack’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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