Nene Park Academy, Peterborough

From the headteacher's welcome: "Nene Park Academy is an educational community whose philosophy embraces the challenges of academic excellence, responsibility and leadership, spiritual awareness and participation in a wide variety of activities."

In 2026, pupils at Nene Park Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.5 in Peterborough and 47 across England.

35% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Peterborough and 47% in England.

That is up from 45.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.14: 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 42.9, against 48.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 5.8 points.

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

For September 2026 entry, 211 families put Nene Park Academy as their first choice and 528 named it as one of their preferences, for 237 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 5 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Nene Park Academy are Ormiston Bushfield Academy (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.8); Hampton College (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.3); Hampton Gardens Secondary School (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.5); and Jack Hunt Academy (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.6).

Nene Park Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Nene Park Academy is one of 36 schools run by Meridian Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46.9 in 2024/25.

Of the 222 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 92% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 32% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 110 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 59% went on to university or other higher education, 9% to apprenticeships and 21% into work. 9% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

In 2026, 124 pupils (8.4%) received SEN support and 43 (2.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Nene Park Academy has a resourced provision for autism: 8 places, 8 pupils on roll.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Orton Mere (Nene Valley Railway), about 850 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Nene Park Academy (adjacent), 200 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 149 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, Nene Park Academy issued 462 suspensions, 31.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Nene Park Academy are St Botolph's Church of England Primary School (0.2 miles), Braybrook Primary Academy (0.5 miles), Winyates Primary School (0.7 miles) and Leighton Primary and Preschool (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.