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Manor Drive Primary Academy

PrimaryAges 3–11Free school

Peterborough, PE4 7EP · Peterborough local authority

Peterborough’s School Grade C better than 28% of towns in England

Getting in
58/58
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
319 pupils
72% of its 446 places
Free school meals
31%
31 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Manor Drive Primary Academy

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 319 pupils for 446 places
  • Ofsted: Inspected, May 2025 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (58 of 58)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (PE4 7) sold for a median £230,000; Peterborough’s is £240,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Manor Drive Primary Academy?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

58
families put it first for September 2026
58
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
2023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. 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. Four Cs Mat sets the admissions rules. Apply through Peterborough council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Peterborough, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.45 per place
67% got their first choice
1.26 per place
78% got their first choice
1.23 per place
81% got their first choice
1.22 per place
68% got their first choice
1.12 per place
86% got their first choice
1.11 per place
87% got their first choice
1.10 per place
91% got their first choice
1.08 per place
91% got their first choice
1.07 per place
88% got their first choice
Manor Drive Primary
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

198 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.

SEN support
12.6%England 15.3%
EHC plan
2%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
36.9%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
29.6%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 48%Boys 52%
Its letter

No letter for Manor Drive Primary Academy

No published results for this school: a new school, or a cohort small enough for DfE to suppress. No results, no letter.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection (no overall grade since September 2024), May 2025.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Manor Drive Primary Academy

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in PE4 7, the school’s postcode sector

Peterborough property prices →
£230,000
median sale, 446 sales in 36 months · Peterborough £240,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025PE4 7Peterborough
PE4 7Peterborough

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£280K
Semi-detached
£226K
Terraced
£190K
Flat
£111K
PE4 7Peterborough

Homes in PE4 7 sell for a little under Peterborough’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

13 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNA−CB−C−B−CBDDDCManor Drive Primary Academy
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Peterborough, PE4 7EP

Manor Drive Primary Academy: common questions

How hard is it to get into Manor Drive Primary Academy?

For September 2026, 58 families put Manor Drive Primary Academy first and all of them were offered a place; 58 places were offered in all.

What is Manor Drive Primary Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (May 2025).

How much do houses cost near Manor Drive Primary Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, PE4 7, sold for a median £230,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (446 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; Peterborough’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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