Stanground Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Peterborough · PE7 3BY · Peterborough
Ages 11–19
- Att845.0
- P80.3
- EM5+40%
- Absence7.3%
1.6 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Expected standardURN 143641
Hampton Gardens Secondary School
Free schools · Peterborough · PE7 8HR
Ages 11–19 · 1,310 pupils · Peterborough
Ofsted
Expected standard
Attainment 8
44.1
Overall absence
8.3%
Admissions demand
1.40 · Competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Expected standard
Inspection date
2026-01-20
- AchievementExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Safeguarding standards: Met
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.13
−20+2
Attainment 844.1
English & maths grade 5+38%
English & maths grade 4+65%
EBacc entry23%
EBacc APS: 3.8
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.3%
Persistent absence (10%+)21.3%
Unauthorised2.7%
- Authorised absence
- 5.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.9%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,082
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
1.40 · Competitive
1st preferences
275
Places offered
197
1st-preference offers
187
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 591
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 197
- Applications from outside LA
- 131
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 98
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 fill87%
1,310 pupils · 1,500 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,310
- Boys / girls
- 648 / 662
- School capacity
- 1,500
- Capacity fill
- 1,310 / 1,500 (87%)
- Free school meals
- 22.9%
- FSM pupils
- 246
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Free schools
Age range
Ages 11–19
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: HAMPTON ACADEMIES TRUST
- Academy trust
- HAMPTON ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Kevin Ainslie
Location
- Address
- Hartland Avenue, Hampton Gardens
- Postcode
- PE7 8HR
- Town
- Peterborough
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Local authority
- Peterborough
- District
- Peterborough
- Constituency
- North West Cambridgeshire
- Urban/rural
- Urban: 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 free schools (secondary), Ages 11–19, in Peterborough, Peterborough, 1,310 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form. Free school meals: 22.9%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Nene Park Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Peterborough · PE2 7EA · Peterborough
Ages 11–19
- Att848.6
- P80.1
- EM5+42%
- Absence7.4%
1.7 miles away
Ormiston Bushfield Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Peterborough · PE2 5RQ · Peterborough
Ages 11–19
- Att848.9
- P80.3
- EM5+48%
- Absence7.8%
2.0 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Kevin Ainslie
- Telephone
- 01733246700