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Nene Park Academy

Secondary · Peterborough · PE2 7EA

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 12 October 2023

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At a glance

1,478 pupils · 134% of 1,100 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
11–19
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
31% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
18.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
6.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.neneparkacademy.org
URN
137082

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 211 families named it first for 237 Year 7 places, 0.89 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 2.775 miles; distance decided places in 4 of the 7 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2020 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 12 October 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.89 first-choice applications per place

237 places offered · 211 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 2.775 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 2.775 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

234 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
45.6
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
57.3%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
42.7%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.9
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) C+
33.3
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school45.6
Median of its 12 closest peers46.2
Peterborough average44.2
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Windsor High School and Sixth FormHalesowen · 75 miles awayOutstanding46.5
St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form CentreGloucester · 97 miles awayNeeds attention44.1
Haydon SchoolPinner · 66 miles awayGood46
Worle Community SchoolWeston-Super-Mare · 140 miles awayNeeds attention40.4
Sir Christopher Hatton AcademyWellingborough · 24 miles awayGood50.2
Redhill AcademyNottingham · 47 miles awayOutstanding50.6
Goffs AcademyWaltham Cross · 59 miles awayGood49.1
Weston Favell AcademyNorthampton · 31 miles awayGood41.8
Hampton CollegePeterborough · 2 miles awayGood44.5
Harris Academy OckendonSouth Ockendon · 76 miles awayOutstanding47.3
Philip Morant School and CollegeColchester · 68 miles awayGood44.5
Carshalton High School for GirlsCarshalton · 82 miles awayGood52.4

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
8 of 8 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 51% (Peterborough 42%, England 59%) · Any other White background 17% (Peterborough 17%, England 7%) · Not recorded 15% (Peterborough 4%, England 2%) · Black African 5% (Peterborough 7%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Peterborough 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Peterborough 3%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 2% (Peterborough 3%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Peterborough 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Peterborough 4%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Peterborough 11%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Peterborough 1%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Peterborough 2%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Peterborough 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
8.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
22.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

31.30 suspensions per 100 pupils and 4 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Peterborough: 29.56 suspensions and 0.29 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 1% moved to another state school · 6% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

71.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,884; 11.2% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£7,116
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (6%) · supplies and services 13% (11%) · educational supplies 10% (6%) · bought-in professional services 0% (1%) · catering 1% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £578,000; in-year balance +£844,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
95%
Continuing in education
93%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment

suppressed (small cohort)

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
48%
Apprenticeship
9%
Employment
34%
Any sustained destination
93%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher29.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications19.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work35.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health43.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier77.6%62.3%
Social housing11.9%17.1%
Privately rented10.5%20.5%
Detached houses54.5%22.9%
Flats6.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms42.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van14%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01015638 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£268,500156 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£189,500–£375,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (80)£369,000
Semi-detached (27)£228,000
Terraced (45)£177,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (4.47 km, 2026 entry): 3,131 sales, median £250,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
7an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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