Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Peterborough
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 20 January 2026Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
- 2 November 2021Graded inspection: 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 entry609 applications · 229 places offered · 249 named it first
- 2026 2.7; Peterborough median median 2.2
- 2025 3.0; Peterborough median median 1.9
- 2024 3.0; Peterborough median median 2.0
- 2023 2.8; Peterborough median median 2.0
- 2022 2.5; Peterborough median median 1.8
- 2021 2.4; Peterborough median median 1.8
- 2020 2.3; Peterborough median median 1.9
- 2019 2.3; Peterborough median median 1.9
- 2018 2.3; Peterborough median median 2.1
- 2017 1.9; 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 | 229 | 609 | 2.7 | 249 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2025 | 198 | 585 | 3.0 | 243 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2024 | 197 | 591 | 3.0 | 275 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2023 | 197 | 547 | 2.8 | 254 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2022 | 204 | 503 | 2.5 | 220 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2021 | 208 | 500 | 2.4 | 255 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2020 | 203 | 471 | 2.3 | 198 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 201 | 468 | 2.3 | 184 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2018 | 203 | 472 | 2.3 | 229 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2017 | 158 | 306 | 1.9 | 146 | 0.92 |
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.) | 210 | 47.5 | 48% | 69% | – |
| 2024/25 | 208 | 47.0 | 48% | 69% | – |
| 2023/24 | 208 | 44.1 | 38% | 65% | +0.13 |
| 2022/23 | 200 | 48.7 | 50% | 69% | +0.29 |
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
- Hampton Gardens Secondary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.7applications per place 47.5Attainment 8
- 0.5 km · PeterboroughGood20232.7applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · PeterboroughGood20231.5applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · PeterboroughRemains Good20232.2applications per place 47.2Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · PeterboroughGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 48.8Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · PeterboroughGood20231.6applications per place 45.6Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · PeterboroughOutstanding20245.5applications per place 60.9Attainment 8
- 5.8 km · PeterboroughRemains Good20232.6applications per place
- 6.0 km · PeterboroughGood20223.2applications per place 46.7Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 143641 · 874/4005
- Capacity
- 1,500 pupils · 1,310 on roll
- Free school meals
- 22.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 4 September 2017
- Address
- Hartland Avenue, Hampton Gardens, Peterborough, PE7 8HR
- Local authority
- Peterborough
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources