Manor Drive Secondary Academy
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–16 · Peterborough
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.967 miles
Published by Peterborough City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2023–2026 (miles)
Manor Drive Secondary Academy is a secondary school in Peterborough for ages 11–16 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 March 2025. Peterborough has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Manor Drive Secondary 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 | 0.967 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 2.172 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 1.889 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | 1.892 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026, the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 0.967 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 7 Peterborough secondary schools with a published last distance.
- Year 7 entry: the 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2023; the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- In Year 7 2026 entry there were 181 first-choice applications for 146 offers, 1.2 first choices per offer, the highest of 10 Peterborough secondary schools.
- In Year 7 2026 entry, 131 offers went to first-choice families, and 50 first-choice families (28%) were not offered a place.
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
- Porter Avenue, Peterborough, PE4 7EP
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Peterborough
- Pupils on roll
- 594 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 March 2025
Strengths
- “There is a lot on offer for pupils at Manor Drive Secondary Academy.”
- “They gain a rich understanding of the world through the many opportunities to explore politics, society and the local community.”
- “Every single pupil participates in the ‘mind body goal’ activities, which are at the heart of the wide-ranging enrichment programme.”
To improve
- “However, content is sometimes not clear enough.”
- “This means that teachers do not consistently emphasise the most important knowledge the school wants pupils to learn and remember.”
- “As a result, pupils’ learning is not as strong as it could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 April 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 181 first-preference applications, 146 offers in total, 131 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Peterborough.
- Greater Peterborough UTC 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Queen Katharine Academy 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- City of Peterborough Academy 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St John Fisher Catholic High School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ken Stimpson Academy 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Jack Hunt Academy 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Arthur Mellows Village College 3.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Stanground Academy 4.1 mi Good Last distance published