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Thomas Deacon Academy

URN
135263
Phase
All-through
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Thomas Deacon Academy
URN
135263
Phase
All-through
Gender
Mixed
Age range
7-19
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

49 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

34

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

51

Destinations

48

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

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School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
11 December 2024
Inspection date
12 November 2024
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 11 December 2024

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Good

    Graded 11 December 2024

  • Personal development

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

266

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

482

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

266

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.81×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Peterborough
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Peterborough)
School website
http://www.thomasdeaconacademy.co.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Peterborough to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

67.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

66.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

60.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

56.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

PE1 2UW - Queen's Gardens, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

Contact details

Address
Queen's Gardens, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Postcode
PE1 2UW
Phone
1733426060
Website
http://www.thomasdeaconacademy.co.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Peterborough
Local authority code
874

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 202 schools in Peterborough.

Authority statistics

Total schools

202

Open schools

90

Closed schools

112

Primary schools

127

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 11 December 2024

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 11 December 2024

  • Sixth form

    Good

    Graded 11 December 2024

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    11 December 202412 November 2024S5 InspectionInspectionView report for inspection published 11 December 2024
    • Inspection

      Published
      11 December 2024
      Inspected
      12 November 2024
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    55.2%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 191

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Key stage 4 (secondary)

    Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

    Attainment 8

    Attainment 8

    39.1

    Progress 8

    Progress 8

    Not published

    English and maths grade 5 or above

    English & maths 5+

    32.4%

    English and maths grade 4 or above

    English & maths 4+

    53.2%

    EBacc entry

    EBacc entry

    5.8%

    EBacc achievement

    EBacc achievement

    1.7%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Below average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    26.2

    Value added

    Value added

    -0.30

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    0.0%

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    88.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    2.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    0.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    6.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    34

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary127 (63.2%)
    • Secondary34 (16.9%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other40 (19.9%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Deacon's School0 mSecondaryClosed
    Greater Peterborough UTC287 mSecondaryOpen
    Queen's Drive Infant School317 mPrimaryOpen
    All Saints' CofE (Aided) Primary School490 mPrimaryOpen
    Inspire Education Group506 m16 plusOpen
    The King's School (the Cathedral School)653 mSecondaryClosed
    The King's (The Cathedral) School653 mAll-throughOpen
    Dogsthorpe Infant School883 mPrimaryOpen
    Dogsthorpe Infant School883 mPrimaryClosed
    Dogsthorpe Junior School888 mPrimaryClosed
    • Deacon's School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Greater Peterborough UTC
      Distance
      287 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open
    • Queen's Drive Infant School
      Distance
      317 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • All Saints' CofE (Aided) Primary School
      Distance
      490 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (All-through) and local authority (Peterborough)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Hampton CollegeAll-throughPE7 8BFOpen
    Hampton CollegeAll-throughPE7 8BFClosed
    The King's (The Cathedral) SchoolAll-throughPE1 2UEOpen
    • Hampton College
      Phase
      All-through
      Postcode
      PE7 8BF
      Status
      Open
    • Hampton College
      Phase
      All-through
      Postcode
      PE7 8BF
      Status
      Closed
    • The King's (The Cathedral) School
      Phase
      All-through
      Postcode
      PE1 2UE
      Status
      Open
    Inspire Education Group
    Distance
    506 m
    Phase
    16 plus
    Status
    Open
  • The King's School (the Cathedral School)
    Distance
    653 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • The King's (The Cathedral) School
    Distance
    653 m
    Phase
    All-through
    Status
    Open
  • Dogsthorpe Infant School
    Distance
    883 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Dogsthorpe Infant School
    Distance
    883 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Dogsthorpe Junior School
    Distance
    888 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed