Queen Katharine Academy

Academy sponsor led · Secondary school · Peterborough, Peterborough
PE4 6HX
Composite score
40.6

School overview

Queen Katharine Academy is a secondary school serving Peterborough, Peterborough, classified by the DfE as an academy sponsor led. It has 1,685 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 32.5 — well below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 0.9 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

23% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 40% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 49% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Queen Katharine Academy 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 further down the page.

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#3,098
National rank
#347
In East of England
#13
In Peterborough
Top 97%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
32.5
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
23%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
40%
% EBacc grade 5+
4%
EBacc average points score
2.70

Ofsted judgements

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

School profile

Pupils on roll 1,685 % FSM ever-6 48.7% % EAL 55.1% Age range 11–18 Gender Mixed

Location

Nearby secondary schools

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