Thomas Deacon Academy
All-through · Academy sponsor led · Ages 7–19 · Peterborough
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Peterborough City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2020–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Thomas Deacon Academy is an all-through school in Peterborough for ages 7–19 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 12 November 2024. Peterborough has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Thomas Deacon Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 2.893 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 7.112 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | 1.906 mi |
| Year 7 2022 | 0.975 mi |
| Year 7 2021 | 0.916 mi |
| Year 7 2020 | 0.918 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The school has 2,256 pupils on roll, and 34.1% of them are eligible for free school meals.
- For Year 7 2026, there were 148 first-choice applications for 227 offers; 147 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (1%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, A level results averaged grade C- (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was below average.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Peterborough schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Queen's Gardens, Peterborough, PE1 2UW
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 7–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Peterborough
- Pupils on roll
- 2,256 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 12 November 2024
Strengths
- “At Thomas Deacon Academy, pupils benefit from a welcoming environment where diversity is celebrated.”
- “They enjoy celebrating each other’s differences.”
- “They enjoy participating in cultural activities, including trying food from different countries and a range of traditional dancing.”
To improve
- “At times, the delivery of the curriculum does not always meet the school’s high expectations.”
- “Teachers do not consistently check whether pupils have fully understood the material.”
- “Consequently, the tasks set for pupils do not always build effectively on their prior knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 December 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 56% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 32% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 39.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 148 first-preference applications, 227 offers in total, 147 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Peterborough.
- The King's (The Cathedral) School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Medeshamstede Academy 0.7 mi Not judged
- NeneGate 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Marshfields School 0.9 mi Good
- Richard Barnes Academy 1.1 mi Not judged
- The Beeches Independent School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Peterborough School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Heltwate School 1.8 mi School remains Good