Hampton Gardens Secondary School, Peterborough

Ofsted's report card from its 20 January 2026 inspection grades Hampton Gardens Secondary School on 7 areas: 3 strong standard and 4 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Pupils' high attendance is a consistent strength."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders, governors and trustees maintain a consistently accurate view of the school's strengths and priorities."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders' provision for pupils' personal development is well thought out and established from Year 7 to the sixth form."

Achievement - Expected standard. "At key stage 4, headline attainment is close to average."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The curriculum is broad and ambitious."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders generally identify pupils' needs accurately and put effective support in place."

Post 16 provision - Expected standard. "The sixth form is inclusive and growing."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Ensure teachers consistently check pupils' understanding and use assessment effectively in their teaching to close gaps and build the depth of pupils' knowledge consistently in key stage 3"; "Ensure that teachers have precise information about the adaptations pupils need and that they implement these adaptations effectively so pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities can access and learn the intended curriculum consistently well"; "Strengthen the depth provided by the curriculum and teaching for high prior attainers at key stage 4 and in the sixth form, so a greater proportion secure the highest grades".

In 2026, pupils at Hampton Gardens Secondary School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.5 in Peterborough and 47 across England.

48% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Peterborough and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 47.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.13: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 34.6, against 50.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 15.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 249 families put Hampton Gardens Secondary School as their first choice and 609 named it as one of their preferences, for 229 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 41 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Hampton Gardens Secondary School are Hampton College (0.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.3); Stanground Academy (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.9); Nene Park Academy (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.2); and Ormiston Bushfield Academy (2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.8).

Hampton Gardens Secondary School's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Hampton Gardens Secondary School is one of 5 schools run by Hampton Academies Trust, an academy trust.

138 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Hampton Gardens Secondary School (as of April 2026): 82% would recommend the school, 74% say their child is happy there and 57% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (82%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (57%).

Of the 208 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 90% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 41% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 89 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 49% went on to university or other higher education, 7% to apprenticeships and 27% into work. 6% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

10.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (62%), Black (8%) and Mixed (7%).

The nearest tram or metro stop is Orton Mere (Nene Valley Railway), about 2 miles away in a straight line.

In August 2026, police recorded 179 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Peterborough (275).

In 2024/25, Hampton Gardens Secondary School issued 224 suspensions, 17.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Hampton Gardens Secondary School are St John Henry Newman Catholic VA Primary School (0.3 miles), Hampton Lakes Primary School (0.4 miles), Hampton Vale Primary Academy (0.7 miles) and Hampton Hargate Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.