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Hinchingbrooke School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 2,173Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137475URN

Brampton Road, Huntingdon, PE29 3BN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
0.4 above Cambridgeshire median (1.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Cambridgeshire

673 applications for 329 places · 6th of 34 in Cambridgeshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
49.0of 90
18th of 34 in Cambridgeshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 6 May 2026Published 2 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 6 May 2026
    Report card · 7 Strong standard
  2. 10 November 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

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
2.1applications per place, Year 7
0.4 above Cambridgeshire median (1.6) close to England median (2.2)

673 applications · 329 places offered · 423 named it first

  1. 2026 2.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  2. 2025 2.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.7
  3. 2024 1.9; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  4. 2023 2.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  5. 2022 1.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
  6. 2021 1.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
  7. 2020 2.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
  8. 2019 2.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  9. 2018 2.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  10. 2017 1.8; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
  11. 2016 2.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  12. 2015 1.8; 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 20263296732.14231.29
Sep 20253236552.04111.27
Sep 20243426391.94121.20
Sep 20233286442.04221.29
Sep 20223315431.63921.18
Sep 20213415351.63571.05
Sep 20202935842.03851.31
Sep 20192875692.03581.25
Sep 20182975802.03911.32
Sep 20172965431.83411.15
Sep 20162905822.03601.24
Sep 20152935231.83291.12
Sep 20142945301.83191.09

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

348 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)49.018th of 34 in Cambridgeshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths49%21st of 34 in Cambridgeshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths67%
  • This school
  • Cambridgeshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.24
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)34849.049%67%–
2024/2529950.352%73%–
2023/2429448.847%68%+0.24
2022/2330049.440%65%+0.47

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

  • 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.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137475 · 873/4503
Trust
The Cam Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
2,005 pupils · 2,173 on roll
Free school meals
25.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2011
Replaced
Hinchingbrooke School (URN 110885)
Address
Brampton Road, Huntingdon, PE29 3BN
Local authority
Cambridgeshire · Huntingdonshire

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