Manor Drive Secondary Academy
Porter Avenue, Peterborough, PE4 7EP
594 pupils · 83% of 720 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- FOUR CS MAT
- Local authority
- Peterborough
- Free school meals
- 42.1%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 4 March 2025, published 2 April 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.24 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 146 | 181 | 451 | 146 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 146 | 134 | 295 | 146 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 146 | 155 | 394 | 146 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 149 | 140 | 329 | 149 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Greater Peterborough UTC 2.5 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Queen Katharine Academy 2.6 km · No overall grade (2025)
- City of Peterborough Academy 2.8 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- St John Fisher Catholic High School 3.1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Ken Stimpson Academy 3.4 km · Requires improvement (2022) · previous system
- Jack Hunt Academy 4.6 km · Good (2023) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.