East of England
Secondary schools in Peterborough
83 schools, 40,529 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 41.
Ofsted across Peterborough
Good45
Requires improvement6
Outstanding3
No overall grade29
54 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 29 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Peterborough
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The King's (The Cathedral) SchoolAcademy converter | Peterborough | Outstanding 2024 | 63.2 |
| Hampton Gardens Secondary SchoolFree schools | Peterborough | No grade | 47 |
| Stanground AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Peterborough | Good 2023 | 46.7 |
| Arthur Mellows Village CollegeAcademy converter | Peterborough | No grade | 46.5 |
| Ormiston Bushfield AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Peterborough | No grade | 46.3 |
| Nene Park AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Peterborough | Good 2023 | 45.6 |
| Hampton CollegeAcademy converter | Peterborough | Good 2023 | 44.5 |
| Jack Hunt AcademyAcademy converter | Peterborough | Good 2023 | 44.2 |
| Ken Stimpson AcademyAcademy converter | Peterborough | Requires improvement 2022 | 41.7 |
| City of Peterborough AcademyFree schools | Peterborough | Good 2024 | 39.3 |
| Thomas Deacon AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Peterborough | No grade | 39.1 |
| Greater Peterborough UTCUniversity technical college | Peterborough | Good 2022 | 38.2 |
| Queen Katharine AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Peterborough | No grade | 32.5 |
| Manor Drive Secondary AcademyFree schools | Peterborough | No grade | — |
| St John Fisher Catholic High SchoolAcademy converter | Peterborough | Good 2023 | — |