UK Schools
The Deepings School
The Deepings School is a mixed secondary academy in Peterborough, Lincolnshire County Council, teaching 967 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted graded quality of education as Requires improvement at its most recent inspection in February 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 38.6 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for The Deepings School.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for The Deepings School.
- 1 Staff Training Day
- 2 Staff Training Day
- 3 Term One begins (only Years 7, 11, and 12 return)
- 4 All years return
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 3–30 Term Two
- 28 Staff Training Day
- 1–19 Term Two
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day
- 5 Staff Training Day
- 6–31 Term Three
- 1–13 Term Three
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 23–28 Term Four
- 1–31 Term Four
- 20 Staff Training Day
- 1–2 Term Four
- 3 Good Friday
- 6–17 Easter Holiday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 20–30 Term Five
- 1–22 Term Five
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 1–30 Term Six (last day TBC)
- 1–17 Term Six (last day TBC)
- 18–31 Summer Holiday (approx. six weeks)
- 1–31 Summer Holiday (approx. six weeks)
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
- 1 Summer Holiday (approx. six weeks)
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff Training Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Staff Training Day Sep 2, 2025 Inset Day
- Term One begins (only Years 7, 11, and 12 return) Sep 3, 2025 Term
- All years return Sep 4, 2025 Event
- Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- Term Two Nov 3, 2025 - Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Staff Training Day Nov 28, 2025 Inset Day
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Staff Training Day Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
- Term Three Jan 6, 2026 - Feb 13, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Term Four Feb 23, 2026 - Apr 2, 2026 Term
- Staff Training Day Mar 20, 2026 Inset Day
- Easter Holiday Apr 6-17, 2026 Holiday
- Term Five Apr 20, 2026 - May 22, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Term Six (last day TBC) Jun 1, 2026 - Jul 17, 2026 Term
- Summer Holiday (approx. six weeks) Jul 18, 2026 - Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
- Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare The Deepings School with Lincolnshire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 38.6 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Lincolnshire County Council England
16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 33.19 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 26.7% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 94% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 83% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for The Deepings School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to The Deepings School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.