The King's (The Cathedral) School is an all-through academy in Peterborough, United Kingdom with 1,256 pupils, part of The King's (the Cathedral) School, Peterborough. Ofsted: Outstanding, inspected 2 July 2024. As of 13 November 2026 it is advertising 2 vacancies: Estates Officer (closes 30 November) and Head of Chemistry (closes 25 November).
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 2 live vacancies.
Head
John Harrison, Headteacher
Trust or group
The King's (the Cathedral) School, Peterborough
Type
Academy, All-through
Pupils
1,256 pupils · 51% girls · 13.0% eligible for free school meals · 10.4% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
74 (5.9%) on SEN support · 57 (4.5%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
The successful candidate for the post of Estates Officer will join an existing team comprising of an Estates Manager and two other Estates Officers. The essential purpose of the…
Salary £8,911 allowance (the pay scale is in the advert)Closes 25 Nov
Full time
The newly appointed candidate will be working in a committed, successful and experienced team which regularly achieves strong academic success. Technician support is excellent and…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
KS2 expected
KS2 higher
2025/26 provisional
60.9
69.8%
–
–
2024/25
63.2
75.5%
80%
13%
2023/24
61.9
69.3%
87%
13%
2022/23
–
–
76%
24%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
66.3
18.9
–
0
£54,669
2024/25
64.3
19.6
18%
2
£51,353
2023/24
61.5
20.3
14%
0
£50,123
2022/23
65.6
18.9
12%
0
£46,707
2021/22
65.8
18.5
13%
0
£44,991
2020/21
64.7
19.0
5%
0
£41,400
Earlier years (2011/12 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
64.7
18.9
3%
0
£40,984
2018/19
67.0
17.6
7%
0
£40,840
2017/18
65.4
18.3
11%
0
£40,205
2016/17
67.5
17.7
13%
0
£40,207
2015/16
67.2
18.0
15%
0
£39,871
2014/15
70.9
16.7
16%
0
£39,294
2013/14
76.9
15.2
16%
0
£37,860
2012/13
74.4
15.5
8%
0
£37,543
2011/12
70.6
16.4
9%
0
£37,651
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
4.2%
0.5%
6.8%
0.9%
2024/25
3.9%
0.4%
6.2%
0.7%
2023/24
4.2%
0.4%
7.5%
0.6%
2022/23
5.1%
0.4%
10.1%
0.7%
2021/22
6.0%
0.4%
16.1%
1.1%
2020/21
2.3%
0.2%
3.3%
0.1%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
3.5%
0.2%
4.8%
0.5%
2017/18
4.5%
0.2%
13.9%
0.1%
2016/17
5.2%
0.2%
14.1%
0.4%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
3 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 1 teaching, 2 support. Most often advertised: Estates Manager, Learning Support, Teacher of Mathematics. Last advertised October 2026.
Counted from the job services and school websites EduAtlas reads; a school may also advertise elsewhere.
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Inspection: Ofsted. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.