Overall Oxbridge
#566
13 ranked schools · +348 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
74
Offers
21
Offer rate28.4%
+6.0 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
On the banks of the River Nene in Cambridgeshire, Peterborough is a cathedral city whose settled history reaches back before the Bronze Age, traced at the Flag Fen site to the east of the centre. Orton Goldhay and Hampton Hargate anchor the southern planned quarter.
The Cathedral Quarter, gathered around the Norman west front of Peterborough Cathedral, is among the most sought-after pockets for school catchments in the city, drawing families who value proximity to the historic core. Longthorpe, on the western edge, and Glinton, further north across open fenland, are school-competitive corners that parents weigh carefully for primary places. The city's economy shifted from Victorian brickworks and engineering to financial services and distribution after its designation as a new town in the 1960s. Around 192,000 people live across the urban area, served by East Midlands Railway from Peterborough station.
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Secondary
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All-through
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Post-16
colleges
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Special
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Area Performance
Across 121 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.03/10, -0.39 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Peterborough schools
Peterborough vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Peterborough schools
top 55% of 14,978
top 55% of 14,978
top 59% of 3,862
top 59% of 3,862
top 70% of 2,555
top 70% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
13 ranked schools · +348 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
74
Offers
21
Oxford
1 ranked schools · -34 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
15
Offers
0
Cambridge
13 ranked schools · +261 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
59
Offers
21
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Peterborough
2026
Peterborough
2026
Peterborough
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