Hampton Gardens Secondary School

Hampton Gardens Secondary School is a calm, orderly and welcoming school where pupils attend well and behave respectfully. High attendance and markedly reduced persistent absence are consistent strengths, supported by early intervention and effective work with families. Leadership and governance are strong: leaders, governors and trustees have an accurate view of the school, take decisive action and use trust support and professional development well. Personal development is also a clear strength, with strong pastoral care, enrichment, careers guidance and inclusive participation for disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND. Safeguarding standards are met. The school’s provision is solid but not yet consistently strong across all areas. Achievement, curriculum and teaching, inclusion and post-16 provision are at expected levels. The main priorities are to sharpen teachers’ checking of understanding and assessment in key stage 3, make SEND adaptations more precise and consistent, and increase the depth of challenge for high prior attainers at key stage 4 and in the sixth form. These issues mean some pupils do not gain the depth of knowledge or the highest grades they could. The sixth form is inclusive and growing, with improved attainment and strong destinations, but A-level value added and average point scores remain below national averages, and high prior attainers’ outcomes dipped in 2025. Leaders have already introduced stronger assessment routines and professional learning, and they have the capacity to secure the remaining improvements. The school is part of Hampton Academies Trust, and this full inspection confirms its safeguarding arrangements are secure.

Strengths

• High and improving attendance, with persistent absence falling markedly for all groups.
• Calm and respectful pupil behaviour, with clear routines and prompt resolution of bullying concerns.
• Strong and well-informed leadership, governance and trust support that drive sustained improvement.
• Highly effective professional development and careful attention to staff workload and wellbeing.
• Strong personal development provision covering respectful relationships, consent and online safety.
• Consistently strong enrichment, clubs, visits and targeted participation for disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND.
• Well-established careers education, advice and guidance with strong pupil destinations.
• Effective early reading and catch-up support for pupils at the early stages of reading.
• Pupils with SEND generally learn alongside their peers and take part fully in wider opportunities.
• Safeguarding standards are met, with systematic oversight and an open culture of safeguarding.
• The sixth form is inclusive, growing and benefits from trust collaboration to broaden the curriculum.

Areas for Improvement

• Teachers do not consistently check pupils’ understanding and use assessment effectively in key stage 3.
• Adaptations for pupils with SEND are not always precise or consistently implemented in lessons.
• Curriculum and teaching do not consistently provide enough depth for high prior attainers at key stage 4 and in the sixth form.
• A-level value added and average point scores remain below national averages.
• Outcomes for high prior attainers in the sixth form dipped in 2025.
• Some pupils’ written responses lack depth or accuracy when misconceptions are not addressed promptly.
• Greater consistency in classroom practice remains a priority so strengths are secure in every subject.

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 Hampton Gardens Secondary School attended 92.2% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 17.8% 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, 7.8% of pupils at Hampton Gardens Secondary School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 2 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 Hampton Gardens Secondary School had 16.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.7% 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, 11.8% of pupils at Hampton Gardens Secondary School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.2% 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 Hampton Gardens Secondary School received £7,653 and spent £7,470 for each of its 1,264 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,852,000 (£1,465 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of Hampton Academies Trust, income was £7,376 and spending £7,332 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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Hampton Gardens Secondary School is part of Hampton Academies Trust, which runs 5 schools. The nearest others:

• Hampton College Peterborough
• Hampton Lakes Primary School Peterborough
• Great Haddon Primary School Peterborough
• Dogsthorpe Infant School Peterborough

What is Hampton Gardens Secondary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hampton Gardens Secondary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was Hampton Gardens Secondary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hampton Gardens Secondary School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Hampton Gardens Secondary School have?

Hampton Gardens Secondary School has 1,310 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hampton Gardens Secondary School cover?

Hampton Gardens Secondary School for pupils aged 11 to 19.

What are Hampton Gardens Secondary School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 47.5, and 48% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Hampton Gardens Secondary School?

Hampton Gardens Secondary School is at Hartland Avenue, Hampton Gardens, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 8HR.