Bishop Creighton Academy

Bishop Creighton Academy is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspected areas. The school is characterized by its positive environment where pupils feel safe and are well-supported in their learning. With a focus on integrating digital learning, the school fosters a forward-thinking atmosphere that prepares students for modern life. The curriculum is in the process of being refined, ensuring that pupils are building the necessary knowledge and skills, particularly in reading where effective phonics instruction is in place. Despite the strengths, there are areas identified for improvement, particularly in curriculum delivery consistency and attendance. Some teachers are still developing confidence with subject-specific knowledge, affecting how well pupils achieve in certain subjects. Additionally, while the school has made strides in addressing attendance issues, a small number of pupils still do not attend regularly, which hinders their learning potential.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and cared for.
• High expectations are set for behaviour and learning.
• Effective integration of digital learning into education.
• Strong support for pupils with SEND and those learning English as an additional language.
• A well-designed personal development curriculum.
• Positive relationships between students, staff, and families.
• Excellent extra-curricular opportunities available to all pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in curriculum implementation across different subjects.
• Some staff lack confidence in subject-specific knowledge.
• A small minority of pupils have low attendance.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Bishop Creighton Academy attended 93.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 20.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.0% of pupils at Bishop Creighton Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Bishop Creighton Academy had 19.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 37.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 17.7% of pupils at Bishop Creighton Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Bishop Creighton Academy received £7,690 and spent £7,980 for each of its 202 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £262,000 (£1,296 per pupil).

Across all 37 schools of Greenwood Academies Trust, income was £8,670 and spending £8,578 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Peterborough · Peterborough local authority: places and applications

Bishop Creighton Academy is part of Greenwood Academies Trust, which runs 38 schools. The nearest others:

• City of Peterborough Academy Peterborough
• Medeshamstede Academy Peterborough
• Newark Hill Academy Peterborough
• Dogsthorpe Academy Peterborough
• Stanground Academy Peterborough
• Welland Academy Peterborough
• Studfall Infant Academy Corby
• Studfall Junior Academy Corby
• Corby Primary Academy Corby
• Hazel Leys Academy Corby

What is Bishop Creighton Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bishop Creighton Academy is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Bishop Creighton Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Bishop Creighton Academy was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Bishop Creighton Academy have?

Bishop Creighton Academy has 203 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bishop Creighton Academy cover?

Bishop Creighton Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Bishop Creighton Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bishop Creighton Academy?

Bishop Creighton Academy is at Vineyard Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 5DB.