SCHOOL PROFILE

City of Peterborough Academy: data, trends and context

City of Peterborough Academy is a secondary school in Peterborough. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
139082
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Free schools
Status
Open
Local authority
Peterborough
Region
East of England
Trust
GREENWOOD ACADEMIES TRUST
Postcode
PE1 5LQ
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
853
FSM eligible
48.5%
EAL / First language other than English
53.0%
SEND (total)
13.6%
SEN Support
11.4%
EHCP
2.2%
White British
25.7%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
88.1%
Overall absence
11.9%
Persistent absence
38.0%
Severe absence
8.6%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
PeterboroughLocal authority91.6%8.4%3.0%
East of EnglandRegion91.5%8.5%2.9%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
65.4%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
19.8%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.72%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
39.3
English & maths grade 5+
31.0%
English & maths grade 4+
50.3%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

See City of Peterborough Academy against 25 similar schools

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City of Peterborough Academy is a secondary school in Peterborough. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.