Ken Stimpson Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy converter · Secondary
Peterborough · PE4 6JT · Peterborough
Ages 11–18
- Att839.5
- P8-0.2
- EM5+34%
- Absence8.8%
1.6 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 136266
Arthur Mellows Village College
Academy converter · Peterborough · PE6 7JX
Ages 11–18 · 1,672 pupils · Peterborough
Ofsted
Not judged
Attainment 8
46.0
Overall absence
9.0%
Admissions demand
1.08 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-05-07
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.02
−20+2
Attainment 846.0
English & maths grade 5+43%
English & maths grade 4+69%
EBacc entry13%
EBacc APS: 3.8
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence9.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)25.6%
Unauthorised2.1%
- Authorised absence
- 6.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.9%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,334
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.08 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
280
Places offered
259
1st-preference offers
238
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 565
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 259
- Applications from outside LA
- 82
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 6
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill97%
1,672 pupils · 1,720 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,672
- Boys / girls
- 866 / 806
- School capacity
- 1,720
- Capacity fill
- 1,672 / 1,720 (97%)
- Free school meals
- 19.6%
- FSM pupils
- 255
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: FOUR CS MAT
- Academy trust
- FOUR CS MAT
- Sponsor
- Four Cs MAT
- Headteacher
- Mr John Gilligan
Location
- Address
- Helpston Road, Glinton
- Postcode
- PE6 7JX
- Town
- Peterborough
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Local authority
- Peterborough
- District
- Peterborough
- Constituency
- North West Cambridgeshire
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Peterborough, Peterborough, 1,672 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 19.6%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Queen Katharine Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Peterborough · PE4 6HX · Peterborough
Ages 11–18
- Att831.6
- P8-0.6
- EM5+19%
- Absence9.4%
2.5 miles away
The Deepings School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Secondary
Peterborough · PE6 8NF · Lincolnshire
Ages 11–18
- Att840.0
- P8-0.3
- EM5+32%
- Absence10.2%
2.6 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr John Gilligan
- Telephone
- 01733252235