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Schools in Cambridge

  • 45State-funded schools
  • 30Primary
  • 8Secondary

Admissions are run by Cambridgeshire for the whole county.

Applications per placeCircle size: applications
Applications per place · secondary
2.0
0.4 above Cambridgeshire median (1.6)
Median school in Cambridge
New Ofsted report cards
9of 45 schools
Results by area
First choice · secondary · Cambridgeshire-wide
88%
Cambridgeshire admissions

What has Ofsted found here?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report cards 9 schools of 45 · since November 2025

  • Inclusion
  • Curriculum and teaching
  • Achievement
  • Attendance and behaviour
  • Personal development and wellbeing
  • Early years (6)
  • Leadership and governance

One dot per school.

Overall grade from Ofsted's previous framework 29 schools · graded 2013 to 2024

  • Outstanding3
  • Good24
  • Requires improvement2
  • Inadequate0

Includes grades confirmed by a later ungraded inspection. Not comparable with report cards.

Graded 2024/25, no overall grade 4 schools

Key judgementOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of education13––
Behaviour and attitudes31––
Personal development31––
Leadership and management22––

Not yet inspected (new or reorganised schools): 3.

Latest report cards

Every new report card, month by month

Secondary schools in Cambridge

8 schools · Year 7 entry 2026

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Sorted by applications per place for September 2026 entry, highest first.

Sorted by Attainment 8, highest first.

Sorted by the date of the latest Ofsted inspection, newest first.

Sorted by name.

Sources: DfE admissions (Sept 2026), KS4 results, Ofsted.
SchoolLatest OfstedApplications per placeAttainment 8FSM
Parkside Community College Remains Outstanding2023 4.8 applications per place 65.9 18%
Chesterton Community College Graded · no overall grade2025 3.6 applications per place 65.4 18%
St Bede's Inter-Church School Faith Outstanding2024 2.7 applications per place 62.9 17%
Trumpington Community College Good2023 2.0 applications per place 56.6 35%
Coleridge Community College Standards maintained2024 2.0 applications per place 58.7 39%
The Netherhall School Remains Good2024 1.8 applications per place 46.8 31%
North Cambridge Academy Standards maintained2025 1.2 applications per place 48.6 52%
Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology Remains Good2023 no data 62.1 22%

Sources: DfE admissions (Sept 2026), KS4 results, Ofsted. FSM: free school meals.

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Primary schools in Cambridge

30 schools · Reception entry 2026

Sorted by applications per place for September 2026 entry, highest first.

Sources: DfE admissions (Sept 2026), KS2 results, Ofsted.
SchoolLatest OfstedApplications per placeSATs standardFSM
St Luke's CofE Primary School Faith Requires improvement2023 5.0small intake applications per place 79% 37%
Ridgefield Primary School Remains Good2023 3.3 applications per place 80% 22%
St Pauls CofE VA Primary School Faith 2026 3.2small intake applications per place 38% 19%
Queen Emma Primary School Good2023 3.2 applications per place 71% 19%
Park Street CofE Primary School Faith Good2023 3.1 applications per place 72% 20%
The Spinney Primary School 2026 2.8small intake applications per place 69% 9%
Milton Road Primary School Graded · no overall grade2025 2.6 applications per place 74% 14%
St Alban's Catholic Primary School Faith Graded · no overall grade2025 2.6 applications per place 83% 4%
Newnham Croft Primary School Remains Good2024 2.5 applications per place 81% 7%
Mayfield Primary School Remains Good2023 2.3 applications per place 58% 15%
Cherry Hinton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Faith Good2023 2.3small intake applications per place 52% 23%
Morley Memorial Primary School Remains Good2024 2.3 applications per place 53% 18%
Arbury Primary School Remains Good2023 2.2 applications per place 66% 40%
St Philip's CofE Aided Primary School Faith 2026 2.2 applications per place 26% 30%
Trumpington Park Primary School 2026 2.1 applications per place 70% 27%
Colville Primary School Graded · no overall grade2024 2.0 applications per place 62% 27%
Queen Edith Primary School Good2023 2.0 applications per place 57% 15%
Shirley Community Primary School Good2024 2.0 applications per place 43% 42%
Fawcett Primary School 2026 1.9 applications per place 62% 27%
University of Cambridge Primary School Standards maintained2025 1.9 applications per place 71% 9%
Kings Hedges Primary School Standards maintained2024 1.7 applications per place 79% 39%
Bewick Bridge Community Primary School 2026 1.7 applications per place 90% 12%
St Laurence Catholic Primary School Faith Good2024 1.7 applications per place 63% 40%
St Matthew's Primary School Standards maintained2025 1.7 applications per place 76% 14%
The Grove Primary School Good2023 1.7 applications per place 56% 45%
Chesterton Primary School Standards maintained2025 1.7 applications per place 42% 39%
The Galfrid School Good2023 1.5 applications per place 35% 44%
Cambridge Maths School Not yet inspected no data – 0%
Hills Road Sixth Form College Not yet inspected no data – –
Long Road Sixth Form College Not yet inspected no data – –

Sources: DfE admissions (Sept 2026), KS2 results, Ofsted. FSM: free school meals.

Special schools and other provision

7 schools