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Chesterton Community College

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,126Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136887URN

Gilbert Road, Cambridge, CB4 3NY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.6per place
2.0 above Cambridgeshire median (1.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Cambridgeshire

633 applications for 174 places · 2nd of 34 in Cambridgeshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
65.4of 90
2nd of 34 in Cambridgeshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 25 February 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
3.6applications per place, Year 7
2.0 above Cambridgeshire median (1.6) 1.4 above England median (2.2)

633 applications · 174 places offered · 293 named it first

  1. 2026 3.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  2. 2025 3.7; Cambridgeshire median median 1.7
  3. 2024 3.7; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  4. 2023 3.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  5. 2022 3.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
  6. 2021 3.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
  7. 2020 2.9; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
  8. 2019 2.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  9. 2018 2.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  10. 2017 1.9; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
  11. 2016 1.8; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  12. 2015 2.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  13. 2014 1.8; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Cambridgeshire median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Cambridgeshire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261746333.62931.68
Sep 20251927123.73331.73
Sep 20241876943.73351.79
Sep 20232357113.03261.39
Sep 20222066283.13051.48
Sep 20211986023.02951.49
Sep 20201845332.92691.46
Sep 20192045172.52561.25
Sep 20181964772.42391.22
Sep 20172053931.92111.03
Sep 20162043691.81930.95
Sep 20151793682.12051.15
Sep 20141763131.81841.05

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

198 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)65.42nd of 34 in Cambridgeshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths73%4th of 34 in Cambridgeshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths85%
  • This school
  • Cambridgeshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+1.05
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)19865.473%85%–
2024/2519068.084%92%–
2023/2419662.469%86%+1.05
2022/2319863.673%87%+1.04

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136887 · 873/4029
Trust
Eastern Learning Alliance
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,100 pupils · 1,126 on roll
Free school meals
17.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 July 2011
Replaced
Chesterton Community College (URN 110865)
Address
Gilbert Road, Cambridge, CB4 3NY
Local authority
Cambridgeshire · Cambridge

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources