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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 5 February 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 10 February 2015Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry180 applications · 150 places offered · 68 named it first
- 2026 1.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
- 2025 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.7
- 2024 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
- 2023 1.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
- 2022 1.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
- 2021 0.8; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
- 2020 0.9; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
- 2019 1.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
- 2018 0.7; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
- 2017 1.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
- 2016 1.9; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
- 2015 0.9; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
- 2014 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 150 | 180 | 1.2 | 68 | 0.45 |
| Sep 2025 | 143 | 202 | 1.4 | 75 | 0.52 |
| Sep 2024 | 143 | 201 | 1.4 | 67 | 0.47 |
| Sep 2023 | 147 | 176 | 1.2 | 67 | 0.46 |
| Sep 2022 | 171 | 183 | 1.1 | 83 | 0.49 |
| Sep 2021 | 168 | 135 | 0.8 | 56 | 0.33 |
| Sep 2020 | 138 | 125 | 0.9 | 66 | 0.48 |
| Sep 2019 | 133 | 145 | 1.1 | 68 | 0.51 |
| Sep 2018 | 138 | 100 | 0.7 | 49 | 0.36 |
| Sep 2017 | 66 | 108 | 1.6 | 57 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2016 | 58 | 111 | 1.9 | 55 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 | 112 | 103 | 0.9 | 58 | 0.52 |
| Sep 2014 | 72 | 102 | 1.4 | 64 | 0.89 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 122 | 48.6 | 40% | 62% | – |
| 2024/25 | 125 | 43.9 | 35% | 51% | – |
| 2023/24 | 128 | 46.7 | 38% | 59% | +0.19 |
| 2022/23 | 104 | 48.3 | 33% | 58% | +0.36 |
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
- North Cambridge AcademyThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20251.2applications per place 48.6Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · CambridgeshireGraded · no overall grade20253.6applications per place 65.4Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · CambridgeshireRemains Outstanding20234.8applications per place 65.9Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · CambridgeshireGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 61.4Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · CambridgeshireStandards maintained20242.0applications per place 58.7Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · CambridgeshireOutstanding20242.7applications per place 62.9Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · CambridgeshireGood20232.0applications per place 56.6Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · CambridgeshireRemains Good20241.8applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · CambridgeshireRemains Good202362.1Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 139401 · 873/4005
- Trust
- Meridian Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 750 pupils · 687 on roll
- Free school meals
- 51.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2013
- Replaced
- The Manor - A Foundation School (URN 110872)
- Address
- Arbury Road, Kings Hedges, Cambridge, CB4 2JF
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire · Cambridge
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources