Stanground Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C61
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Peterborough, PE7 3BY
- Distance
- 7.5km away
Sir Harry Smith Community College
Eastrea Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1XB
Local ranking33rd of 34 secondary schools in Cambridgeshire
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
1210
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 30 September 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
- Sixth form provision
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 40.6 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 33.5% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 57.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 30.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.5 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 200
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Higher education
- 53.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 10.0%
- Employment
- 18.0%
- Not sustained
- 14.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
30.0
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
29.7
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
53
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 3.8% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 100
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1104
- Boys
- 560 (51%)
- Girls
- 544 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1210 (91% full)
- SEND
- 17.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 25.5%
- EAL
- 4.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.1%
- SEN Support
- 13.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 52.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,955/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 29.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 86.7%
- White Other: 5.2%
- Black African: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.2%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
- Asian Indian: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
86.7%
White British
5.2%
White Other
1.3%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Eastrea Road
Peterborough, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 138053
- UKPRN
- 10037025
- Establishment No.
- 4051
- Trust
- ASPIRE LEARNING TRUST (WHITTLESEY)
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