Ken Stimpson Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
No rating
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Peterborough
Unique reference
149236
Address
Staniland Way, Werrington, PE4 6JT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1051 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
50.6%
Girls
49.4%
First language not English
18.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
33.5%
Persistent absence
24.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 58.2%
Other White 16.8%
Mixed 6.9%
Pakistani 4%
African 3.6%
Unclassified 3.6%
Other Asian 2%
Other 1.3%
Indian 1.2%
Other Black 0.6%
Chinese 0.6%
Caribbean 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Bangladeshi 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 21%
Local authority average 18%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 40%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.6
Local authority average 42.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.55
Local authority average 3.61
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award18
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award38
Health StudiesTechnical Award47
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award13
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE67
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE25
Business Studies:SingleGCSE56
ChemistryGCSE11
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Ken Stimpson Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
121
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
96
2nd preference
99
3rd preference
52
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
96
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes20.2
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
155
73
82
Year 8
205
119
86
Year 9
177
88
89
Year 10
199
111
88
Year 11
186
77
109
Year 12
67
38
29
Year 13
61
26
35
Year 14
1
0
1
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
88.0%
85.5%
Further education
51.0%
37.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
39.0%
50.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
SP
2.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.2%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
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
60.0%
56.7%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
9.0%
12.6%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
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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