Nene Park Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 11 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Peterborough
Unique reference
137082
Address
Oundle Road, Orton Longueville, PE2 7EA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1476 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
53.0%
Girls
47.0%
First language not English
18.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
25.5%
Persistent absence
21.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 55%
Other White 18.6%
Unclassified 7.7%
Mixed 6.3%
African 5.9%
Indian 1.6%
Pakistani 1.4%
Other Asian 1.2%
Caribbean 0.5%
Other Black 0.5%
Other 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 30%
Local authority average 18%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 43%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.5
Local authority average 42.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.92
Local authority average 3.61
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award44
Health StudiesTechnical Award44
Sports StudiesTechnical Award40
Art & DesignGCSE46
BiologyGCSE47
Business Studies:SingleGCSE88
ChemistryGCSE47
English LanguageGCSE234
English LiteratureGCSE233
FrenchGCSE40
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Nene Park Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
232
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
172
2nd preference
160
3rd preference
85
From another Local Authority
10
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
171
2nd preference
33
3rd preference
18
To another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.1
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
235
138
97
Year 8
240
112
128
Year 9
240
138
102
Year 10
235
133
102
Year 11
234
124
110
Year 12
148
71
77
Year 13
144
67
77
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
88.0%
85.5%
Further education
44.0%
37.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
48.0%
50.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
SP
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
SP
2.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
1.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.2%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
3.1%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
55.0%
56.7%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
8.0%
12.6%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
3.3%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.8%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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