Which school has the best GCSE results in Peterborough?

On 2025 Attainment 8, The King's (The Cathedral) School tops the table in Peterborough with 63.2, against an England average of 46.0. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Peterborough schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2025 results, the 2024/25 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

Why does a school in Peterborough show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Peterborough GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

15 state secondary schools in Peterborough ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 2 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 3 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Town 17 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Peterborough ranked on Attainment 8

15 of 17 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Peterborough ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	The King's (The Cathedral) School Peterborough · Academy converter	63.2	76%	89%	5.67	147
2	Hampton Gardens Secondary School Peterborough · Free schools	47.0	48%	69%	4.02	208
3	Stanground Academy Peterborough · Academy sponsor led	46.7	43%	69%	3.92	224
4	Arthur Mellows Village College Peterborough · Academy converter	46.5	45%	69%	3.78	259
5	Ormiston Bushfield Academy Peterborough · Academy sponsor led	46.3	44%	64%	3.91	205
6	Nene Park Academy Peterborough · Academy sponsor led	45.6	43%	57%	3.92	234
7	Hampton College Peterborough · Academy converter	44.5	43%	65%	3.72	211
8	Jack Hunt Academy Peterborough · Academy converter	44.2	38%	60%	3.78	325
9	Ken Stimpson Academy Peterborough · Academy converter	41.7	40%	60%	3.55	187
10	Sir Harry Smith Community College Peterborough · Academy converter	40.6	34%	57%	3.50	200
11	City of Peterborough Academy Peterborough · Free schools	39.3	31%	50%	3.33	155
12	Thomas Deacon Academy Peterborough · Academy sponsor led	39.1	32%	53%	3.13	346
13	The Deepings School Peterborough · Academy converter	38.6	32%	59%	3.59	204
14	Greater Peterborough UTC Peterborough · University technical college	38.2	24%	54%	2.97	70
15	Queen Katharine Academy Peterborough · Academy sponsor led	32.5	23%	41%	2.70	252
–	Manor Drive Secondary Academy Peterborough · Free schools · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	St John Fisher Catholic High School Peterborough · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–

Independent schools in Peterborough with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Iqra Academy Peterborough · Other independent school	20.1	24%	29
Kirkstone House School Peterborough · Other independent school	22.0	10%	21
The Peterborough School Peterborough · Other independent school	60.8	73%	45

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Peterborough on our composite score

Peterborough GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Peterborough ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Peterborough with published GCSE results

More about schools in Peterborough

Peterborough GCSE results: common questions