Stanground Academy

Stanground Academy is performing well overall, maintaining a good level of effectiveness since its previous inspection. The school promotes a positive learning environment where pupils feel proud to attend and are supported in achieving their ambitions. The leadership has successfully implemented a well-structured curriculum that adapts to pupils' needs, emphasizing reading and personal development. Notably, the school has received positive feedback from parents and students regarding the leadership and management; however, some areas for improvement have been identified, particularly related to supporting pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

Strengths

• Leaders have set high expectations for pupils.
• Pupils demonstrate determination and ambition in their studies.
• The school promotes positive behaviour and rewarding systems.
• Reading is prioritized and effectively supported across the school.
• Leaders have designed a well-organized curriculum that helps pupils succeed.
• There is a strong programme for personal and social education.
• Pupils are well-prepared for future education and career options.

Areas for Improvement

• Lack of clarity in guidance for teachers on supporting pupils with SEND.
• Pupils with SEMH challenges sometimes receive sanctions instead of support.

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 Stanground Academy attended 93.3% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 18.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

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, 1.6% of pupils at Stanground Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 4 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 Stanground Academy had 16.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

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, 12.5% of pupils at Stanground Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

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 secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Stanground Academy received £8,174 and spent £8,260 for each of its 1,528 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,146,000 (£750 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

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

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

What is Stanground Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Stanground Academy is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.

When was Stanground Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Stanground Academy was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does Stanground Academy have?

Stanground Academy has 1,654 pupils on roll.

What age range does Stanground Academy cover?

Stanground Academy for pupils aged 11 to 19.

What are Stanground Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 46.9, and 42% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Stanground Academy?

Stanground Academy is at Peterborough Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 3BY.