Hampton Gardens Secondary School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 2 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Peterborough
Unique reference
143641
Address
Hartland Avenue, Hampton Gardens, PE7 8HR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1264 (83% of total capacity)
Boys
50.0%
Girls
50.0%
First language not English
9.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.9%
Persistent absence
17.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 66.4%
Other White 11.9%
Mixed 6.3%
African 5.9%
Unclassified 2.3%
Indian 2%
Other Asian 2%
Pakistani 1.7%
Other Black 0.5%
Chinese 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 26%
Local authority average 18%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 48%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.9
Local authority average 42.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.01
Local authority average 3.61
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award24
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award9
TourismTechnical Award21
Art & DesignGCSE23
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE13
BiologyGCSE33
Business Studies:SingleGCSE68
ChemistryGCSE33
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE15
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE35
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Hampton Gardens Secondary School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
198
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
243
2nd preference
240
3rd preference
102
From another Local Authority
138
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
175
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
91
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
209
94
115
Year 8
212
115
97
Year 9
208
117
91
Year 10
208
107
101
Year 11
208
108
100
Year 12
112
51
61
Year 13
107
40
67
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
88.0%
85.5%
Further education
32.0%
37.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
56.0%
50.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
1.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
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
58.0%
56.7%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
12.6%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
6.0%
3.3%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.8%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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