Graded inspection · May 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Peterborough
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 13 May 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 4 December 2019Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry409 applications · 218 places offered · 221 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Peterborough median median 2.2
- 2025 1.9; Peterborough median median 1.9
- 2024 1.8; Peterborough median median 2.0
- 2023 1.5; Peterborough median median 2.0
- 2022 1.6; Peterborough median median 1.8
- 2021 1.6; Peterborough median median 1.8
- 2020 1.5; Peterborough median median 1.9
- 2019 1.6; Peterborough median median 1.9
- 2018 1.6; Peterborough median median 2.1
- 2017 1.4; Peterborough median median 2.1
- 2016 1.7; Peterborough median median 2.1
- 2015 1.6; Peterborough median median 1.8
- 2014 1.6; Peterborough median median 2.1
- This school
- Peterborough median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 218 | 409 | 1.9 | 221 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2025 | 205 | 387 | 1.9 | 228 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2024 | 204 | 369 | 1.8 | 208 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2023 | 209 | 317 | 1.5 | 197 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2022 | 205 | 327 | 1.6 | 207 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2021 | 198 | 311 | 1.6 | 178 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2020 | 205 | 305 | 1.5 | 198 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 | 193 | 315 | 1.6 | 188 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 | 146 | 238 | 1.6 | 142 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 | 148 | 211 | 1.4 | 128 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2016 | 146 | 250 | 1.7 | 139 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 | 141 | 220 | 1.6 | 131 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 | 136 | 223 | 1.6 | 127 | 0.93 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 200 | 48.8 | 51% | 69% | – |
| 2024/25 | 205 | 46.3 | 44% | 64% | – |
| 2023/24 | 186 | 48.9 | 48% | 68% | +0.31 |
| 2022/23 | 160 | 48.2 | 41% | 69% | +0.40 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Ormiston Bushfield AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 48.8Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · PeterboroughRemains Good20232.2applications per place 47.2Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · PeterboroughGood20232.7applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · Peterborough20262.7applications per place 47.5Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · PeterboroughGood20231.6applications per place 45.6Attainment 8
- 5.2 km · PeterboroughGood20231.5applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · PeterboroughOutstanding20245.5applications per place 60.9Attainment 8
- 6.6 km · PeterboroughGraded · no overall grade20242.0applications per place 40.4Attainment 8
- 6.7 km · PeterboroughGood20223.2applications per place 46.7Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 135980 · 874/6906
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,250 pupils · 1,212 on roll
- Free school meals
- 37.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2009
- Replaced
- Bushfield Community College (URN 110881)
- Address
- Ortongate, Orton, Peterborough, PE2 5RQ
- Local authority
- Peterborough
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources