The King's (The Cathedral) School

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Peterborough council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Peterborough's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: as a Church of England school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 366 families put this school as their first choice, and 127 places were offered. 125 of the families who put it first got a place (34%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Before and after school

No club is registered with Ofsted at this school's address. Ask the school about breakfast or after-school care, or find clubs nearby.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 2 July 2024. Overall: Outstanding

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Sixth form

Outstanding

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

All-through

Ages

7–18

Pupils

1256 (capacity 1150)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Church of England

Diocese

Diocese of Peterborough

Academy trust

THE KING'S (THE CATHEDRAL) SCHOOL, PETERBOROUGH

Phone

01733751541

Address

Park Road, Peterborough, PE1 2UE

Website

kings.peterborough.sch.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports