- Ofsted:Outstanding
- Church of England
- Catholic
Results well above the Cambridgeshire average, low absence.
288 first choices, 177 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 6
Cambridgeshire Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 943
Secondary schools in Cambridgeshire
All 86 secondary schools in Cambridgeshire. Narrow them down, then shortlist up to four to compare.
- Ofsted:Outstanding in every area
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the Cambridgeshire average, low absence.
293 first choices, 174 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 7
Cambridgeshire Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,126
- Ofsted:Outstanding
Results well above the Cambridgeshire average, low absence.
135 first choices, 113 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 7
Cambridgeshire Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 667
- Ofsted:Outstanding in every area
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the Cambridgeshire average, low absence.
309 first choices, 281 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 6
Cambridgeshire Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,981
- Ofsted:Outstanding in every area
- Has a sixth form
Results above the Cambridgeshire average, low absence.
344 first choices, 289 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 5
Cambridgeshire Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,626
- Ofsted:Outstanding
Results above the Cambridgeshire average.
245 first choices, 259 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 6
Cambridgeshire Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- About 15Cambridgeshire about 16
- Pupils
- 1,254
- Ofsted:Outstanding in every area
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the Cambridgeshire average, low absence.
267 first choices, 232 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 6
Cambridgeshire Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,446
- Ofsted:Outstanding
Results above the Cambridgeshire average, low absence.
333 first choices, 257 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 5
Cambridgeshire Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,436
- Ofsted:Strong standard in every area
- Has a sixth form
Results close to the Cambridgeshire average, low absence.
423 first choices, 329 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 5
Cambridgeshire Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 2,173
- Ofsted:Good
Results above the Cambridgeshire average, low absence.
238 first choices, 231 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 5
Cambridgeshire Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,198
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the Cambridgeshire average, low absence.
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 6
Cambridgeshire Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 455
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a nursery
- Has a sixth form
Results above the Cambridgeshire average.
171 first choices, 179 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 5
Cambridgeshire Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- About 17Cambridgeshire about 16
- Pupils
- 920
- Ofsted:Good
Results above the Cambridgeshire average.
104 first choices, 142 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 5
Cambridgeshire Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- About 16Cambridgeshire about 16
- Pupils
- 860
- Ofsted:Good
Results close to the Cambridgeshire average, low absence.
170 first choices, 145 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 5
Cambridgeshire Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 766
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a sixth form
Results above the Cambridgeshire average.
304 first choices, 261 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 5
Cambridgeshire Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- About 15Cambridgeshire about 16
- Pupils
- 1,635
- Ofsted:Good
Results well above the Cambridgeshire average.
112 first choices, 121 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 6
Cambridgeshire Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- About 16Cambridgeshire about 16
- Pupils
- 613
- Ofsted:Good
Results well above the Cambridgeshire average.
59 first choices, 125 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 6
Cambridgeshire Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- About 17Cambridgeshire about 16
- Pupils
- 553
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a sixth form
Results close to the Cambridgeshire average.
182 first choices, 173 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 5
Cambridgeshire Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- About 15Cambridgeshire about 16
- Pupils
- 1,101
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a sixth form
Results close to the Cambridgeshire average, high absence.
209 first choices, 275 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 5
Cambridgeshire Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,412
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a sixth form
Results close to the Cambridgeshire average.
169 first choices, 179 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 5
Cambridgeshire Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- About 15Cambridgeshire about 16
- Pupils
- 1,378
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a sixth form
Results below the Cambridgeshire average, low absence.
211 first choices, 197 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 5
Cambridgeshire Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,096
- Ofsted:Requires improvement
Results close to the Cambridgeshire average.
194 first choices, 250 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 5
Cambridgeshire Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- About 16Cambridgeshire about 16
- Pupils
- 1,396
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a sixth form
Results close to the Cambridgeshire average, high absence.
154 first choices, 201 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 5
Cambridgeshire Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,259
- Ofsted:Good
Results below the Cambridgeshire average.
114 first choices, 120 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 4
Cambridgeshire Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- About 18Cambridgeshire about 16
- Pupils
- 652
- Secondary schools86including 29 special
- Typical GCSE grade48.9England 46.2
- Good or Outstanding96%of graded schools ·
- Faith schools13 of 862 Catholic, 5 Church of England
- With a nursery class15take children from 2 or 3
- Free school meals24.7%of pupils get them
The big picture
How Cambridgeshire's secondary schools spread out
Each dot is one school. Hover over a dot to see which school it is.
GCSE score (Attainment 8)
Average score across each pupil's best eight GCSEs.
Days missed
Share of school sessions pupils missed, for any reason. Lower is better.
Ofsted grades in Cambridgeshire
The last full grade for each school Ofsted has graded. 63 newer or converted schools don't have a grade yet.
- Outstanding: 4 of 23
- Good: 18 of 23
- Requires improvement: 1 of 23
- Inadequate: 0 of 23
Before you apply
Four things worth knowing in Cambridgeshire
Some are faith schools.
13 of the 86 secondary schools in Cambridgeshire have a religious character. When they're full, they can put families of their faith first, so check each school's rules.
Show schools with no religious characterApply by 31 October.
Apply to your council in Year 6 for a Year 7 place. Offers come out on 1 March.
Check how old the Ofsted grade is.
Some grades are many years old. Each school's page shows the date of its last inspection and what's changed since.
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About these schools
Secondary schools in Cambridgeshire, explained
There are 86 secondary schools in Cambridgeshire, teaching 49,986 children. 0 are run by the council and 47 are academies or free schools. Among them are 29 special and 35 independent schools.
96% of the mainstream state schools Ofsted has graded are Good or Outstanding, against 94.8% across England. 4 of them are Outstanding, though some grades are several years old, so check the date on each school's page.
Pupils in Cambridgeshire scored an average Attainment 8 of 48.9 across their best eight GCSEs, against 46.2 across England.
24.7% of pupils get free school meals. Schools here spend £8,862 a year on each pupil, against £8,120 across England. 21.5% of pupils are persistently absent, missing one day in ten or more, against 18.1% across England.
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- Cambridge24 secondary schools
- Wisbech8 secondary schools
- St Neots4 secondary schools
- Ely3 secondary schools
- Fulbourn3 secondary schools
- Histon and Impington3 secondary schools
- Huntingdon3 secondary schools
- Cottenham2 secondary schools
- Linton2 secondary schools
- Littleport2 secondary schools
- Longstanton2 secondary schools
- St Ives2 secondary schools
- Chatteris1 school
- Girton1 school
- March1 school
- Ramsey1 school
- Sawston1 school
- Sawtry1 school
- Soham1 school
- Whittlesey1 school
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Questions
Questions parents ask
How many secondary schools are in Cambridgeshire?
There are 86 secondary schools in Cambridgeshire, including state-funded, academies, and independent schools.
What are the best secondary schools in Cambridgeshire?
The highest-ranked secondary schools in Cambridgeshire on Eduscope are St Bede's Inter-Church School, Chesterton Community College and Parkside Community College. We rank each state school against schools of the same phase across England on its Ofsted inspection, results and attendance.
How many Ofsted Outstanding secondary schools are in Cambridgeshire?
Cambridgeshire has 4 secondary schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted. A further 18 are rated Good, meaning 96% of inspected schools hold a Good or Outstanding rating.
How are secondary schools in Cambridgeshire ranked on Eduscope?
Each state school gets a rank score out of 100. We place each measure as a percentile among state schools of the same phase across England, then weight them. Primary schools: latest Ofsted inspection 30%, pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 30%, pupils reaching the higher standard 10%, persistent absence (lower is better) 20%, average reading and maths scores 10%. Secondary schools: latest Ofsted inspection 25%, Attainment 8 25%, grade 5 or above in English and maths 15%, persistent absence (lower is better) 15%, pupils staying in education or work after GCSEs 10%, A level average points (sixth forms only) 10%. Results are averaged over up to three years, and an Ofsted grade older than five years counts for less. A school needs data for at least 60% of the weights. Special schools, pupil referral units, nurseries, independent schools and 16 to 19 schools aren't ranked, and are listed by Ofsted grade and name. Our methodology page explains more.
What is the average class size in Cambridgeshire secondary schools?
The average pupil-teacher ratio across secondary schools in Cambridgeshire is 17:1. While this is not a direct measure of class size, it indicates the level of teaching resource available per pupil.
How do I choose a secondary school in Cambridgeshire?
When choosing a secondary school in Cambridgeshire, consider Ofsted ratings, GCSE results (Progress 8 and Attainment 8), sixth form provision, and the school's specialisms. You can compare all 86 secondary schools on Eduscope using filters for school type, gender, and admissions policy.
Sources: Department for Education school performance tables, school census and workforce data, Get Information About Schools and Ofsted. Distances are straight-line estimates.