REVEALED: Every Peterborough secondary school ranked by how many pupils wanted it as their first choice this year (2026/27)

Peterborough’s most popular secondary school received 546 ‘first choice’ requests from pupils and their parents for the 2026/27 school year, new data has revealed.

The King’s (The Cathedral) School was by far the city’s most popular secondary school for ‘first choice’ applications for the current academic year, despite having just 150 places on offer.

Out of the 546 ‘first choice’ requests it received, just 131 were offered to pupils.

Parents of children in the last year of primary school found out in early March which secondary school their child has been offered a place at from September 2026.

In total, 96.89% of pupils were allocated a place at one of their three preference schools.

The data shows that 94.22% of pupils were allocated a place at either their first or second preference school and 83.81% of pupils received a place at their first preference school for 2026/27.

Overall, 2,926 offers were made to Peterborough schools.

Peterborough City Council has now released a full set of data relating to the 2026/27 admissions process, revealing which of the city’s secondary schools received the most ‘first choice’ requests.

Below we’ve ranked each Peterborough secondary school by the total number of ‘first choice’ applications received for the 2026/27 school year versus those offered.