Manor Drive Secondary Academy, Peterborough

Overview

Manor Drive Secondary Academy is a state-funded school (free schools) in Peterborough, East of England, for pupils aged 11–16. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.

School details

Official establishment type: Free schools
Establishment group: Free Schools
Phase of education: Secondary
Age range: Ages 11–16
Gender of entry: Mixed
Boarding: No boarders
Sixth form: No
School capacity: 720
Pupils on roll: 594
URN: 149104

Admissions

Admissions policy: Non-selective
Local authority: Peterborough
Academy trust or group: FOUR CS MAT

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School places

DfE school capacity survey · May 2025 (2024/25)

Capacity at survey date: 900
Pupils on roll: 445
Unfilled places at survey date: 455

A dated snapshot from the Department for Education school capacity survey, separate from the school details above. Unfilled places at the survey date do not mean places are currently available for admission. About this data

Official admissions data

Applications & demand

Preferences expressed by families through coordinated admissions, shown over time.

2026/27 admissions · Year 7

First preferences: 181
Total preferences: 451
Offers made: 146

First preferences compared with offers

1.24 first preferences per offer

181 first preferences and 146 offers were recorded for 2026/27.

What does this mean?

This is the Department for Education's own published comparison of first preferences with total offers recorded. It indicates the level of requests made through coordinated admissions. Offers are not necessarily the school's maximum capacity, admissions arrangements vary between local authorities, the figure is not a measure of school quality, and it should not be used on its own to judge the likelihood of gaining a place.

First preferences over time

Latest five available admissions years. Missing years are not estimated.

Admissions history

Admissions year	First preferences	Total preferences	Offers made
2026/27	181	451	146
2025/26	134	295	146
2024/25	155	394	146
2023/24	140	329	149

Source: Department for Education · Applications and offers data.

Official inspection data

Ofsted inspections

Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.

Ofsted inspection

Inspected 4 March 2025 · Published 2 April 2025

Original education inspection framework (September 2024 to November 2025)

Ofsted did not give schools an overall effectiveness grade during this inspection period. The judgements Ofsted did publish are shown below.

Quality of education: Good
Behaviour and attitudes: Good
Personal development: Outstanding
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good
Safeguarding was effective: Yes

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Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.

School Nest shows the inspection information Ofsted currently publishes for this school. It is not a complete record of every inspection the school has ever had.

Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school

Location

Address: Porter Avenue, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE4 7EP
Local authority: Peterborough
Area: Schools in Peterborough

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