SCHOOL PROFILE

Queen Katharine Academy: data, trends and context

Queen Katharine 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
145051
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Peterborough
Region
East of England
Trust
THOMAS DEACON EDUCATION TRUST
Postcode
PE4 6HX
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,619
FSM eligible
45.4%
EAL / First language other than English
53.1%
SEND (total)
14.1%
SEN Support
11.9%
EHCP
2.3%
White British
32.5%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
90.0%
Overall absence
10.0%
Persistent absence
33.8%
Severe absence
3.7%

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
95.8%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
22.6%
Permanent exclusion rate
1.0%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
32.5
English & maths grade 5+
22.6%
English & maths grade 4+
40.5%

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

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Queen Katharine 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.