Stanground Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 6 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
137880
Address
Peterborough Road, PE7 3BY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1526 (79% of total capacity)
Boys
52.2%
Girls
47.8%
First language not English
26.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
29%
Persistent absence
17.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 49%
Other White 20.4%
Mixed 11.5%
African 7.5%
Indian 2.6%
Pakistani 1.8%
Other 1.8%
Unclassified 1.6%
Other Black 1.3%
Other Asian 1.2%
Caribbean 0.9%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 18%
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 46.7
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
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award3
Speech & DramaTechnical Award10
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE18
BiologyGCSE35
ChemistryGCSE34
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE37
English LanguageGCSE223
English LiteratureGCSE223
FrenchGCSE19
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Stanground Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
280
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
246
2nd preference
89
3rd preference
71
From another Local Authority
95
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
243
2nd preference
27
3rd preference
10
To another Local Authority
36
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 classes22.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
310
161
149
Year 8
278
137
141
Year 9
252
138
114
Year 10
289
161
128
Year 11
232
124
108
Year 12
98
36
62
Year 13
67
40
27
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
88.0%
85.5%
Further education
45.0%
37.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
41.0%
50.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
1.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.2%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
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
67.0%
56.7%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
6.0%
12.6%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.3%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
1.8%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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