Ken Stimpson Academy, Peterborough

From the headteacher's welcome: "It is my pleasure to welcome you to Ken Stimpson Academy (KSA). KSA is a school that sits in the heart of its community. The very layout of Werrington links together many different aspects of community life."

In 2026, pupils at Ken Stimpson Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 39.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.5 in Peterborough and 47 across England.

34% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Peterborough and 47% in England.

That is down from 41.7 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.24: pupils made below 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 32.8, against 43.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 130 families put Ken Stimpson Academy as their first choice and 309 named it as one of their preferences, for 154 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Ken Stimpson Academy are Queen Katharine Academy (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 32.5); Arthur Mellows Village College (1.6 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 44.6); Manor Drive Secondary Academy (2.1 miles); and Thomas Deacon Academy (2.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.4).

Ken Stimpson Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Ken Stimpson Academy is one of 7 schools run by Four Cs MAT, an academy trust.

Of the 208 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 91% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 55% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 47 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 32% went on to university or other higher education, 4% to apprenticeships and 40% into work. 11% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

35.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Peterborough Rail Station, about 3.3 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Wainwright (opposite), 290 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Ken Stimpson Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 104 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Peterborough (275).

In 2024/25, Ken Stimpson Academy issued 518 suspensions, 49.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Ken Stimpson Academy are William Law CofE Primary School (0.2 miles), Welbourne Primary Academy (0.4 miles), Werrington Primary School (0.5 miles) and Gunthorpe Primary School (1.1 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.