Richard Barnes Academy
Richard Barnes Academy is an academy alternative provision sponsor led in Peterborough for boys and girls aged 5 to 16. It has 112 pupils and room for 160. About 76 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2024, no overall grade.
Williamson Avenue, Richard Barnes Academy, Peterborough, PE3 6BA01733 978224rjba.educationMrs Claire Everton headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 1 October 2024, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Peterborough council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (31), language and communications needs (7), Specific learning difficulty (4), Autistic spectrum disorder (2).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 112 | 120 | 124 | 98 | 102 | 122 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 76% | 63% | 50% | 66% | 63% | 53% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 18% | 24% | 19% | 17% | 23% | 23% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 24% | 25% | 29% | 48% | 26% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 9% | 3% | 3% | 0% | 2% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 41 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 52%, compared with 40% for everyone else.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 49% | 55% | 48% |
| Education | 42% | 38% | 34% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 4% | 2% |
| Work | 5% | 13% | 12% |
| Not in education, work or training | 29% | 32% | 32% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Town Primary Academy | Academy | 0 m | 412 | Good 2022 | 44 | Compare |
| The Peterborough School | Independent (grammar) | 480 m | 486 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| The Beeches Independent School | Independent (grammar) | 630 m | 20 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| The Beeches Primary School | Council | 750 m | 619 | Good 2023 | 40 | Compare |
| Gladstone Primary Academy | Academy | 890 m | 469 | Good 2023 | 11 | Compare |
| Clare Lodge | Secure units | 0.8 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Jack Hunt Academy | Academy | 0.8 miles | 1,939 | Good 2023 | 44 | Compare |
| The King's (The Cathedral) School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 1,256 | Outstanding 2024 | 94 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Richard Barnes Academy a good school?
Richard Barnes Academy doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it not judged at its last inspection in October 2024.
What is Richard Barnes Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Richard Barnes Academy not judged at its last full inspection on 1 October 2024.
How many pupils does Richard Barnes Academy have?
112 pupils aged 5 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 160 places, so it is 70% full.
Does Richard Barnes Academy have a breakfast club?
Yes. It is on the government's free breakfast club programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Williamson Avenue, Richard Barnes Academy, Peterborough, PE3 6BA
- Telephone
- 01733 978224
- Website
- www.rjba.education
- Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Everton
- Free breakfast club
- Yes: on the government's programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school (listed since September 2026).
- Type of school
- Academy alternative provision sponsor led (Academy alternative provision sponsor led, academies)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 5-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Thomas Deacon Education Trust (7 schools)
- Local authority
- Peterborough
- Ward
- Central
- Constituency
- Peterborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 May 2020 (new provision)
- URN
- 147892 · LAESTAB 8741100 · UKPRN 10085843
- Formerly
- The Pupil Referral Service, Peterborough
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Breakfast club: DfE list of schools on the free breakfast club programme.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.