Arthur Mellows Village College
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,672 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.5
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Medeshamstede Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 114of 117 places
- Free school meals
- 54.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 16
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 23 April 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Medeshamstede Academy has no sixth form. Of the 9 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 100% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 2.6 against 46.1 across England and 43.0 in Peterborough, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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.
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 | Medeshamstede Academy | Peterborough | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 9 | 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 | 100% | 37% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Medeshamstede Academy | Peterborough | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 2.6 | 43.0 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 39% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 6% | 60% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 18% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.14 | 3.61 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 38% | 30% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 2.2 | 34.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 2.8 | 46.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 6% | 29% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 5 | 31% | 89% | — | 20% | — |
| Mathematics | 5 | 31% | 88% | — | 22% | — |
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.