Chesterton Community College
Gilbert Road, Cambridge, CB4 3NY
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- EASTERN LEARNING ALLIANCE
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lucy Scott & Mr Rolf Purvis
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Eastern Learning Alliance
- Constituency
- Cambridge
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,100
- Pupils on roll
- 1,126
- URN
- 136887
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01223712150
About this school
Chesterton Community College is a secondary academy in Cambridge. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,126 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 198 | 196 | 190 |
| Attainment 8 score | 63.6 | 62.4 | 68.0 |
| Progress 8 score | +1.04 +0.84 to +1.25 | +1.05 +0.85 to +1.26 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 73% | 69.4% | 83.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 87% | 85.7% | 92.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 48% | 56.1% | 53.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.9 | 5.8 | 6.4 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Chesterton Community College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Cambridgeshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 63.6 | 38.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 62.4 | 38 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 68 | 36.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,041 |
| 2023/24 | 1,121 |
| 2024/25 | 1,129 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Chesterton Community College compares
Chesterton Community College ranked 1st of 34 secondary schools in Cambridgeshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 97% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 68 | 5.5% | 17.5% | 1,126 | — |
| North Cambridge Academy | 43.9 | 10.1% | 50.4% | 687 | 0.7 miles |
| Parkside Community College | 63.5 | 6.2% | 18.6% | 667 | 1.0 miles |
| Impington Village College | 58.6 | 6.6% | 13.9% | 1,446 | 2.1 miles |
| Coleridge Community College | 55.1 | 8.9% | 38.9% | 553 | 2.2 miles |
| Trumpington Community College | 50.4 | 8.3% | 38.9% | 613 | 2.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 17.49%
- English as an additional language
- 21.3%
- Overall absence
- 5.46%
- Persistent absence
- 10.23%
Location
Nearby schools
-
North Cambridge Academy0.7 miles
Secondary · Cambridge
-
Parkside Community College1.0 miles
Secondary · Cambridge
-
Impington Village College2.1 miles
Secondary · Cambridge
-
Coleridge Community College2.2 miles
Secondary · Cambridge
-
Trumpington Community College2.5 miles
Secondary · Cambridge
Other schools in Cambridge
Chesterton Community College ranks 1st of the 17 ranked secondary schools in Cambridge.
- Bottisham Village College Secondary
- Cambourne Village College Secondary
- Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology Secondary
- Coleridge Community College Secondary
- Comberton Village College Secondary
- Cottenham Village College Secondary
- Impington Village College Secondary
- Linton Village College Secondary
- North Cambridge Academy Secondary
- Parkside Community College Secondary
- Sawston Village College Secondary
- St Bede's Inter-Church School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Chesterton Community College teach?
- Chesterton Community College teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Cambridge.
- Who is the headteacher of Chesterton Community College?
- The headteacher of Chesterton Community College is Mrs Lucy Scott & Mr Rolf Purvis, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Chesterton Community College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Chesterton Community College, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Chesterton Community College?
- Chesterton Community College has 1,126 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Chesterton Community College full?
- Chesterton Community College has capacity for 1,100 pupils and 1,126 on roll (102%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Chesterton Community College a faith school?
- No. Chesterton Community College has no designated religious character.
- Is Chesterton Community College a selective school?
- No. Chesterton Community College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Chesterton Community College?
- Chesterton Community College is part of EASTERN LEARNING ALLIANCE. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Chesterton Community College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 63.6 in 2022/23 and 68 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Chesterton Community College rank locally?
- Chesterton Community College ranked 1st of 34 secondary schools in Cambridgeshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 97% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Chesterton Community College's absence rate?
- Chesterton Community College's overall absence rate is 5.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Chesterton Community College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Chesterton Community College's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.