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Longsands Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,412Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136992URN

Longsands Road, St Neots, PE19 1LQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.2per place
0.4 below Cambridgeshire median (1.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Cambridgeshire

339 applications for 275 places · 30th of 34 in Cambridgeshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
48.2of 90
21st of 34 in Cambridgeshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 13 February 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

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
1.2applications per place, Year 7
0.4 below Cambridgeshire median (1.6) 1.0 below England median (2.2)

339 applications · 275 places offered · 209 named it first

  1. 2026 1.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  2. 2025 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.7
  3. 2024 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  4. 2023 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  5. 2022 1.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
  6. 2021 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
  7. 2020 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
  8. 2019 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  9. 2018 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  10. 2017 1.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
  11. 2016 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  12. 2015 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  13. 2014 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Cambridgeshire median in 0 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 20262753391.22090.76
Sep 20252543351.32110.83
Sep 20242693661.42420.90
Sep 20232823901.42931.04
Sep 20222803271.22370.85
Sep 20212893781.32971.03
Sep 20202854111.43171.11
Sep 20192864301.53521.23
Sep 20182863801.32921.02
Sep 20172883531.22991.04
Sep 20162844031.43091.09
Sep 20152793671.33011.08
Sep 20142823881.43031.07

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

269 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)48.221st of 34 in Cambridgeshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths51%18th of 34 in Cambridgeshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths71%
  • This school
  • Cambridgeshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.13
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)26948.251%71%–
2024/2527548.555%72%–
2023/2428547.551%72%+0.13
2022/2327248.151%70%+0.11

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

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  • Urgent improvement
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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.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136992 · 873/5411
Trust
Astrea Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,838 pupils · 1,412 on roll
Free school meals
24.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 August 2011
Replaced
Longsands College (URN 110905)
Address
Longsands Road, St Neots, PE19 1LQ
Local authority
Cambridgeshire · Huntingdonshire

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