Community special school

Marshfields School

Mixed · ages 7–19 · with sixth formPeterborough, East of England · Peterborough PE1 4PPSchool website
Pupils on roll
205of 191 places
Free school meals
55.6%
Year 11 cohort 2025
23
Ofsted
Good, 20 September 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 23 pupils who finished Year 11 at Marshfields School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Marshfields School’s own sixth form (Peterborough average 49%), 57% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Marshfields School is a special school: its GCSE figures (Attainment 8 of 0.8, 0% with grade 5 or above in English and maths) are published by DfE for completeness and are not comparable with mainstream schools.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Peterborough and England.

Marshfields School
Peterborough
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureMarshfields SchoolPeterboroughEngland
Pupils in the cohort232,875607,348
Any sustained destination91%92%92%
Stayed in education91%88%86%
— school sixth form0%49%34%
— sixth form college0%13%
— further education college57%37%37%
— other education35%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%2%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination4%5%6%
Destination unknown4%3%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureMarshfields SchoolPeterboroughEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)0.843.046.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%39%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%60%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%18%41%
EBacc average point score0.003.614.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort48%30%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils0.934.334.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils0.846.750.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language13%29%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
3D Design522%2%16%
Art and Design417%7%24%

Other secondary schools in Peterborough

Greater Peterborough UTC

University technical college · sixth form · 464 pupils

74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.2

Hampton College

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,608 pupils

90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.5

Jack Hunt Academy

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,939 pupils

86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.2

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.