St Peter's School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 22 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Cambridgeshire
Unique reference
137248
Address
St Peter's Road, PE29 7DD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1449 (86% of total capacity)
Boys
53.5%
Girls
46.5%
First language not English
19.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
27.7%
Persistent absence
28.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 61.5%
Other White 16%
Mixed 5.6%
African 4.9%
Other Asian 3.2%
Indian 2.3%
Pakistani 2.2%
Other 1.6%
Other Black 0.8%
Caribbean 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Unclassified 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.1
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 17%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 31%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.4
Local authority average 48.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.45
Local authority average 4.37
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Speech & DramaTechnical Award19
Ancient HistoryGCSE49
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE39
BiologyGCSE61
Business Studies:SingleGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE61
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE26
Design & TechnologyGCSE41
English LanguageGCSE241
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

St Peter's School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
262
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
188
2nd preference
139
3rd preference
26
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
187
2nd preference
41
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
263
137
126
Year 8
274
156
118
Year 9
234
138
96
Year 10
260
138
122
Year 11
258
121
137
Year 12
103
53
50
Year 13
57
32
25
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
87.0%
85.6%
Further education
45.0%
27.4%
35.4%
School sixth form
39.0%
24.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
4.0%
34.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.7%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.8%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
64.0%
67.2%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
10.0%
28.1%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.0%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.8%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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