Sawtry Village AcademySt Peter's School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Huntingdon.

Summary of the comparison

Sawtry Village Academy and St Peter's School are secondary schools in Huntingdon.

  • Sawtry Village Academy scores 65 out of 100 (grade C, average) and St Peter's School scores 52 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Sawtry Village Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • Sawtry Village Academy was judged Good and St Peter's School was judged the expected standard.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 49.4 for Sawtry Village Academy and 39.6 for St Peter's School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has held broadly level at Sawtry Village Academy (51.0 in 2021-22, 49.4 in 2024-25) and has fallen at St Peter's School (43.9 in 2021-22, 39.6 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Sawtry Village Academy versus St Peter's School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure HuntingdonSawtry Village AcademyHuntingdonSt Peter's SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC65/100Stronger figureD52/100
Local ranking12th of 34 in Cambridgeshire Stronger figure28th of 34 in Cambridgeshire
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Expected
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-18
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll1,085 1,525
Capacity1,200 1,585
LocationHuntingdon, PE28 5TQ Huntingdon, PE29 7DD
GCSE results
Attainment 849.4 Stronger figure39.6 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths47.8% Stronger figure32.8% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths73.0% Stronger figure53.3% 64.8%
Entering EBacc50.9% Stronger figure25.9% 40.5%
EBacc average point score4.43 Stronger figure3.43 4.09
Cohort159 259
A-level results
A-level entries78 70
A-level average points33.8 Stronger figure22.5 35.0
A-level average gradeC+ D+
Best 3 A-levels points37.4 Stronger figure24.9 35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects22.2% Stronger figure8.6% 17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,085 1,525
Free school meals (ever 6)20.2% 32.7%
English as an additional language5.1% 18.8%
SEN support5.2% 14.2%
SEN with an EHC plan4.0% 5.6%
Attendance
Overall absence7.9% Stronger figure10.8% 6.2%
Persistent absence19.0% Stronger figure27.7% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

A-level average points

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Sawtry Village Academy

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