St Peter's School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 21 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
1525 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
51.7%
Girls
48.3%
First language not English
18.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
29.6%
Persistent absence
26.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 59.6%
Other White 15.4%
Mixed 6.2%
African 6%
Indian 3.2%
Other Asian 3.1%
Pakistani 2.3%
Other 1.6%
Other Black 0.7%
Caribbean 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Irish 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 26%
Local authority average 46%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.6
Local authority average 48
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.43
Local authority average 4.35
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Speech & DramaTechnical Award11
Ancient HistoryGCSE49
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE32
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE14
BiologyGCSE57
ChemistryGCSE57
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE48
Design & TechnologyGCSE61
English LanguageGCSE253
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

St Peter's School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
217
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
156
2nd preference
138
3rd preference
40
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
156
2nd preference
36
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes21
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
275
128
147
Year 8
265
134
131
Year 9
275
156
119
Year 10
244
140
104
Year 11
272
140
132
Year 12
103
43
60
Year 13
91
48
43
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
86.7%
85.5%
Further education
41.0%
28.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
46.0%
24.4%
35.2%
Sixth form college
2.0%
32.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.2%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.7%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
2.3%
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
56.0%
61.5%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
4.0%
26.4%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.4%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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