Arthur Mellows Village College
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,672 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.5
Community special school
Heltwate School
- Pupils on roll
- 211of 214 places
- Free school meals
- 50.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 21
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 9 May 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 17 pupils who finished Year 11 at Heltwate School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Heltwate School’s own sixth form (Peterborough average 49%), 41% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Peterborough and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Heltwate School | Peterborough | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 17 | 2,875 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 100% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 49% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 41% | 37% | 37% |
| — other education | 59% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
Other secondary schools in Peterborough
City of Peterborough Academy
Free schools · 853 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.3
Greater Peterborough UTC
University technical college · sixth form · 464 pupils
74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.2
Hampton College
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,608 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.5
Hampton Gardens Secondary School
Free schools · sixth form · 1,310 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.0
Jack Hunt Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,939 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.2
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.