Medeshamstede Academy
Reeves Way, Peterborough, PE1 5LQ
- Phase
- Free Schools
- School type
- Free schools special
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- GREENWOOD ACADEMIES TRUST
- Executive Principal
- Mr Matthew Bloodworth-Flatt
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Greenwood Academies Trust
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Peterborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 117
- Pupils on roll
- 114
- URN
- 138271
- Local authority
- Peterborough
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01733821403
About this school
Medeshamstede Academy is a special academy in Peterborough. It teaches children aged 4 to 16 and has 114 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 12 | 5 | 6 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | - | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | - | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | - | 17% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | - | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | - | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 86.0 | - | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 87.0 | - | 88.0 |
| Reading progress | -11.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -8.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -10.10 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 9 | 15 | 16 |
| Attainment 8 score | 3.1 | 1.5 | 2.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.94 -2.92 to -0.96 | -1.72 -2.52 to -0.91 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 6.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
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 Medeshamstede Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Peterborough average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 52.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | — | 54.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 58.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Peterborough average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.1 | 39.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 1.5 | 38.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 2.6 | 39.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 16.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 17.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 106 |
| 2024/25 | 114 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 48.25%
- English as an additional language
- 15.8%
- Overall absence
- 12.54%
- Persistent absence
- 40.87%
Location
Nearby schools
-
NeneGate0.4 miles
Academies · Peterborough
-
Marshfields School0.8 miles
Special schools · Peterborough
-
Clare Lodge1.3 miles
Other types · Peterborough
-
Richard Barnes Academy1.6 miles
Academies · Peterborough
-
The Beeches Independent School1.7 miles
Special schools · Peterborough
Other schools in Peterborough
- Calman Colaiste (Kisimul Group) Other types
- Clare Lodge Other types
- Heltwate School Special schools
- Lime Academy Orton Academies
- Marshfields School Special schools
- NeneGate Academies
- Park House Special schools
- Richard Barnes Academy Academies
- Sense College Other types
- The Beeches Independent School Special schools
- Caverstede Nursery School Nursery
- Alderman Jacobs School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Medeshamstede Academy teach?
- Medeshamstede Academy teaches children aged 4 to 16. It is a special school in Peterborough.
- Who is the executive principal of Medeshamstede Academy?
- The executive principal of Medeshamstede Academy is Mr Matthew Bloodworth-Flatt, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Medeshamstede Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Medeshamstede Academy, 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 Medeshamstede Academy?
- Medeshamstede Academy has 114 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 16.
- Is Medeshamstede Academy full?
- Medeshamstede Academy has capacity for 117 pupils and 114 on roll (97%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Medeshamstede Academy a faith school?
- No. Medeshamstede Academy has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Medeshamstede Academy?
- Medeshamstede Academy is part of GREENWOOD ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Medeshamstede Academy have?
- The schools register lists Medeshamstede Academy's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Medeshamstede Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Medeshamstede Academy's absence rate?
- Medeshamstede Academy's overall absence rate is 12.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Medeshamstede Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Medeshamstede Academy'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.