The Deepings School
Park Road, Deeping St James, Peterborough, PE6 8NF
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ANTHEM SCHOOLS TRUST
- Head Teacher
- Ms Kirstie Johnson
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Anthem Schools Trust
- Constituency
- South Holland and The Deepings
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,460
- Pupils on roll
- 967
- URN
- 137873
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01778342159
About this school
The Deepings School is a secondary academy in Peterborough. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 967 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 233 | 226 | 204 |
| Attainment 8 score | 39.0 | 40.0 | 38.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.23 -0.42 to -0.05 | -0.29 -0.48 to -0.11 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27% | 31.9% | 32.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 51% | 61.9% | 58.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 55% | 25.7% | 47.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Deepings School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Lincolnshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 39 | 42.9 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 40 | 41.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 38.6 | 39.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,344 |
| 2023/24 | 1,235 |
| 2024/25 | 1,041 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Deepings School compares
The Deepings School ranked 39th of 54 secondary schools in Lincolnshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 34% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38.6 | 9.1% | 27.5% | 967 | — |
| Arthur Mellows Village College | 46.5 | 8.1% | 19% | 1,672 | 2.6 miles |
| Ken Stimpson Academy | 41.7 | 8.5% | 36.2% | 996 | 3.9 miles |
| Queen Katharine Academy | 32.5 | 10% | 48.7% | 1,619 | 4.8 miles |
| Manor Drive Secondary Academy | — | 9.6% | 41.9% | 594 | 5.4 miles |
| Greater Peterborough UTC | 38.2 | 9.1% | 37.3% | 464 | 6.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.49%
- English as an additional language
- 9.6%
- Overall absence
- 9.14%
- Persistent absence
- 26.68%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Arthur Mellows Village College2.6 miles
Secondary · Peterborough
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Ken Stimpson Academy3.9 miles
Secondary · Peterborough
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Queen Katharine Academy4.8 miles
Secondary · Peterborough
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Manor Drive Secondary Academy5.4 miles
Secondary · Peterborough
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Greater Peterborough UTC6.7 miles
Secondary · Peterborough
Other schools in Peterborough
The Deepings School ranks 13th of the 15 ranked secondary schools in Peterborough.
- Arthur Mellows Village College Secondary
- City of Peterborough Academy Secondary
- Greater Peterborough UTC Secondary
- Hampton Gardens Secondary School Secondary
- Jack Hunt Academy Secondary
- Ken Stimpson Academy Secondary
- Manor Drive Secondary Academy Secondary
- Nene Park Academy Secondary
- Ormiston Bushfield Academy Secondary
- Queen Katharine Academy Secondary
- Sir Harry Smith Community College Secondary
- St John Fisher Catholic High School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Deepings School teach?
- The Deepings School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Peterborough.
- Who is the head teacher of The Deepings School?
- The head teacher of The Deepings School is Ms Kirstie Johnson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Deepings School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Deepings School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is The Deepings School?
- The Deepings School has 967 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is The Deepings School full?
- The Deepings School has capacity for 1,460 pupils and 967 on roll (66%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The Deepings School a faith school?
- No. The Deepings School has no designated religious character.
- Is The Deepings School a selective school?
- No. The Deepings School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs The Deepings School?
- The Deepings School is part of ANTHEM SCHOOLS TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have The Deepings School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 39 in 2022/23 and 38.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Deepings School rank locally?
- The Deepings School ranked 39th of 54 secondary schools in Lincolnshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 34% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Deepings School's absence rate?
- The Deepings School's overall absence rate is 9.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Deepings School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Deepings School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.