The King's (The Cathedral) School
Park Road, Peterborough, PE1 2UE
1,256 pupils · 109% of 1,150 capacity
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 7–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- THE KING'S (THE CATHEDRAL) SCHOOL, PETERBOROUGH
- Local authority
- Peterborough
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 14%
Ofsted
Outstanding (2024) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 2 July 2024, published 10 September 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 80% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 13% |
| Attainment 8 score | 63.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 75.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 89.1% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 40.8% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Heavily oversubscribed — 2.88 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 127 | 366 | 701 | 127 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 126 | 414 | 683 | 126 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 159 | 308 | 585 | 159 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 131 | 305 | 535 | 131 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 128 | 297 | 554 | 128 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 129 | 344 | 636 | 129 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 126 | 315 | 594 | 126 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 163 | 251 | 529 | 163 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Thomas Deacon Academy 0.7 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Hampton College 5.5 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Cromwell Community College 24.6 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Kettering Buccleuch Academy 37.2 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Northstowe Learning Community 39.5 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Avanti Fields School 57.2 km · Good (2023) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.