Ken Stimpson Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy converter · Secondary
Peterborough · PE4 6JT · Peterborough
Ages 11–18
- Att839.5
- P8-0.2
- EM5+34%
- Absence8.8%
0.0 miles away
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Ken Stimpson Community School
Community school · Peterborough · PE4 6JT
Ages 11–18 · 1,082 pupils · Peterborough
Overall absence
9.8%
Admissions demand
0.85 · Often has places
Absence
Academic year 2022/23. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence9.8%
Persistent absence (10%+)31.9%
Unauthorised3.1%
- Authorised absence
- 6.7%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.4%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,031
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2023/24 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
0.85 · Often has places
1st preferences
154
Places offered
194
1st-preference offers
154
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 317
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 181
- Applications from outside LA
- 4
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 3
- 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 (19 Jan 2023).
Capacity fill92%
1,082 pupils · 1,180 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,082
- Boys / girls
- 549 / 533
- School capacity
- 1,180
- Capacity fill
- 1,082 / 1,180 (92%)
- Free school meals
- 31%
- FSM pupils
- 302
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mr Bryan Erwin
Location
- Address
- Staniland Way, Werrington
- Postcode
- PE4 6JT
- Town
- Peterborough
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Local authority
- Peterborough
- District
- Peterborough
- Constituency
- Peterborough
- Urban/rural
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Peterborough, Peterborough, 1,082 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 31%.
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%
0.9 miles away
Arthur Mellows Village College
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Secondary
Peterborough · PE6 7JX · Peterborough
Ages 11–18
- Att846.0
- P8-0.0
- EM5+43%
- Absence9.0%
1.6 miles away
Manor Drive Secondary Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedFree schools · Secondary
Peterborough · PE4 7EP · Peterborough
Ages 11–16
- Absence8.3%
- FSM42.1%
- Demand1.06
2.1 miles away
Jack Hunt Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Peterborough · PE3 9PY · Peterborough
Ages 11–18
- Att840.8
- P80.0
- EM5+31%
- Absence8.4%
2.9 miles away
Greater Peterborough UTC
Ofsted: GoodUniversity technical college · Secondary
Peterborough · PE1 4DZ · Peterborough
Ages 11–19
- Att838.0
- P8-0.7
- EM5+34%
- Absence9.6%
3.0 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Bryan Erwin