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Lime Academy Orton

Mixed · ages 2–19 · with sixth formPeterborough, East of England · Peterborough PE2 5SDTrust: Lime TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
152of 153 places
Free school meals
55.5%
Year 11 cohort 2025
9
Ofsted
Inspected, 24 September 2024Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Phoenix School (URN 134272, until 30 April 2020).

What the data says

Of the 12 pupils who finished Year 11 at Lime Academy Orton in 2023, 0% stayed on in Lime Academy Orton’s own sixth form (Peterborough average 49%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

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.

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.

Lime Academy Orton
Peterborough
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureLime Academy OrtonPeterboroughEngland
Pupils in the cohort122,875607,348
Any sustained destination100%92%92%
Stayed in education100%88%86%
— school sixth form0%49%34%
— sixth form college0%13%
— further education college0%37%37%
— other education100%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%2%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination0%5%6%
Destination unknown0%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

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

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.