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Heltwate School

Special school

Heltwate School is a special school in Peterborough, for pupils aged 4 to 18. It had 211 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Ofsted

Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026

School remains Good, May 2024

Latest ungraded inspection
School remains Good, 9 May 2024

Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.

Results

Department for Education

In 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Heltwate School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 61% in Peterborough and 62% in England.

0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

End of primary school (KS2)

2024/25
MeasureThis schoolPeterboroughEngland
Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths0%61%62%
Reached the higher standard0%5%8%
Average scaled score in readingDoes not apply to this school104106
Average scaled score in mathsDoes not apply to this school104105

End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)

2025/26, provisional
MeasureThis schoolPeterboroughEngland
Average Attainment 8 scoreDoes not apply to this school43.446.2
Grade 5 or above in English and mathsDoes not apply to this school39.8%46.3%
Grade 4 or above in English and mathsDoes not apply to this school59.7%64.8%
Pupils at the end of KS419––
  • Heltwate School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
  • Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
  • The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
  • Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
  • Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

Schools nearby

In a straight line
  • Iqra AcademyIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file450 m
  • Lime Academy WatergallPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), July 2024. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)560 m
  • Ravensthorpe Primary AcademyPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), June 2024. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)570 m
  • Eyrescroft Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)590 m
  • Discovery Primary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), February 2023. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)950 m
  • Highlees Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2024. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km

Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Peterborough

Where these figures come from

  • Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
  • Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).