The Deepings School

Academy converter·Secondary school Peterborough, Lincolnshire·PE6 8NF
Composite score
48.3
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#2,703
National rank
#235
In East Midlands
#39
In Lincolnshire
Top 85%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
38.6
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
32%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
59%
% EBacc grade 5+
18%
EBacc average points score
3.59

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
127 first choices, 156 places
First choices per place
0.81
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
241
any preference, for 156 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.33
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put The Deepings School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,041
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
27.5%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
9.6%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.7%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.8%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
10.2%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
30.9%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.2
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,452
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
94%
233 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
82%
Apprenticeship
8%
Employment
5%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

About The Deepings School

The Deepings School is a secondary school in Peterborough, Lincolnshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 1,041 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 38.6 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 1.4 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

32% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 59% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made The Deepings School their first choice was offered one of its 156 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 94% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 10.2%. There are about 21.2 pupils per teacher. The Deepings School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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