Medeshamstede Academy is a Free schools special serving special age pupils, located in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. The school has 114 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Requires improvement (last overall grade). Last inspected 23 April 2025. The Executive Principal is Matthew Bloodworth-Flatt. The school is administered by Peterborough local authority. It belongs to GREENWOOD ACADEMIES TRUST. It opened in 17 August 2012.
Applications for places at Medeshamstede Academy are handled by the school or the local authority (Peterborough). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.
GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)
2.6
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
−1.72
Progress 8 · 2023-24
0%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
6%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
0.14
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
0%
Entering the EBacc · 2024-25
Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.
The expected standard means pupils reached the level the Department for Education expects in reading, writing and maths combined by the end of primary school.
The higher standard means pupils achieved a high score in reading and maths and were working at greater depth in writing.