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Best secondary schools in Peterborough

10 of 13 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Peterborough schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 9 of them.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Ormiston Bushfield Academy Peterborough 0.31 Not judged about even 1.01 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
2 Stanground Academy Peterborough hidden gem 0.31 Good about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
3 City of Peterborough Academy Peterborough hidden gem 0.25 Good declining undersubscribed 0.58 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Nene Park Academy Peterborough hidden gem 0.14 Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
5 Hampton Gardens Secondary School Peterborough 0.13 Good about even 1.09 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
6 Jack Hunt Academy Peterborough hidden gem 0.03 Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
7 Arthur Mellows Village College Peterborough -0.02 Not judged about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
8 Ken Stimpson Academy Peterborough -0.24 Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
9 Queen Katharine Academy Peterborough -0.64 Not judged undersubscribed 0.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
10 Greater Peterborough UTC Peterborough -0.67 Good improving oversubscribed 1.3 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Peterborough

3 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Peterborough, not a fairer one.

Applying in Peterborough

Knowing which school is best is only half of it — these are the deadlines that decide whether you can apply at all.

Rankings compare published results. They do not tell you which school your child will get into — that depends on where you live, sibling and faith priority, and how many people apply this year. Ask below, or check the Peterborough admission criteria.

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