Queen Katharine Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 5 2019 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
Peterborough
Unique reference
145051
Address
Mountsteven Avenue, Walton, PE4 6HX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1675 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
47.0%
Girls
53.0%
First language not English
54.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
42.8%
Persistent absence
27.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 32.8%
Other White 25%
Pakistani 11.6%
African 8.4%
Mixed 7%
Gypsy/Roma 4.2%
Other Asian 3.2%
Indian 2%
Other Black 1.7%
Other 1.7%
Caribbean 1.2%
Unclassified 1%
Irish 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.44
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 5%
Local authority average 18%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 17%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 32.6
Local authority average 42.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.59
Local authority average 3.59
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award20
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award32
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE21
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE17
BiologyGCSE57
ChemistryGCSE57
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE15
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE79
English LanguageGCSE184
English LiteratureGCSE184
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Queen Katharine Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
233
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
198
2nd preference
97
3rd preference
80
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
198
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
5
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 classes21
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
274
136
138
Year 8
261
139
122
Year 9
290
140
150
Year 10
263
130
133
Year 11
244
130
114
Year 12
220
77
143
Year 13
121
35
86
Year 14
2
1
1
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
87.4%
86.5%
Further education
31.0%
34.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
46.0%
52.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
15.0%
5.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.4%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
54.0%
63.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
5.0%
15.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
5.0%
14.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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