City of Peterborough Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Inadequate
Feb 9 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Peterborough
Unique reference
139082
Address
Reeves Way, PE1 5LQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
865 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
52.9%
Girls
47.1%
First language not English
48.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
45.2%
Persistent absence
29.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 27.9%
Other White 26.6%
Mixed 14.8%
Pakistani 10.9%
Unclassified 5.5%
Other Asian 4.4%
African 3.4%
Gypsy/Roma 2.3%
Other 1.7%
Indian 1%
Caribbean 0.7%
Other Black 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.25
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 11%
Local authority average 18%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 31%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.6
Local authority average 42.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.44
Local authority average 3.59
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award17
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award11
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE19
BiologyGCSE21
Business Studies:SingleGCSE28
ChemistryGCSE21
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE21
English LanguageGCSE157
English LiteratureGCSE148
FrenchGCSE2
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

City of Peterborough Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
141
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
72
2nd preference
64
3rd preference
54
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
72
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
7
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 classes23.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
177
92
85
Year 8
178
97
81
Year 9
171
92
79
Year 10
175
85
90
Year 11
164
92
72
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
87.4%
86.5%
Further education
50.0%
34.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
33.0%
52.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
7.0%
1.4%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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