Trumpington Community College
Lime Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 9FD
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Matt Oughton
- Sponsor
- United Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Cambridge
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Pupils on roll
- 613
- URN
- 145034
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01223551600
About this school
Trumpington Community College is a secondary academy in Cambridge. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 613 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 76 | 78 | 89 |
| Attainment 8 score | 56.9 | 53.1 | 50.4 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.83 +0.50 to +1.17 | +0.61 +0.27 to +0.96 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 66% | 59% | 55.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 76% | 71.8% | 69.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 79% | 82.1% | 75.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.6 | 5.3 | 4.9 |
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 Trumpington 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 | 56.9 | 38.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 53.1 | 38 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 50.4 | 36.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 457 |
| 2023/24 | 491 |
| 2024/25 | 571 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Trumpington Community College compares
Trumpington Community College ranked 16th of 34 secondary schools in Cambridgeshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 77% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50.4 | 8.3% | 38.9% | 613 | — |
| Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology | 56.8 | 7.4% | 22.2% | 455 | 1.0 miles |
| Coleridge Community College | 55.1 | 8.9% | 38.9% | 553 | 1.5 miles |
| Parkside Community College | 63.5 | 6.2% | 18.6% | 667 | 1.7 miles |
| The Netherhall School | 45.5 | 10.1% | 30.2% | 1,259 | 1.8 miles |
| St Bede's Inter-Church School | 61.6 | 6.8% | 16% | 943 | 1.9 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)
- 38.88%
- English as an additional language
- 35.6%
- Overall absence
- 8.28%
- Persistent absence
- 22.02%
Location
Nearby schools
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Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology1.0 miles
Secondary · Cambridge
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Coleridge Community College1.5 miles
Secondary · Cambridge
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Parkside Community College1.7 miles
Secondary · Cambridge
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The Netherhall School1.8 miles
Secondary · Cambridge
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St Bede's Inter-Church School1.9 miles
Secondary · Cambridge
Other schools in Cambridge
Trumpington Community College ranks 15th of the 17 ranked secondary schools in Cambridge.
- Bottisham Village College Secondary
- Cambourne Village College Secondary
- Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology Secondary
- Chesterton Community College 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Trumpington Community College teach?
- Trumpington Community College teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Cambridge.
- Who is the headteacher of Trumpington Community College?
- The headteacher of Trumpington Community College is Mr Matt Oughton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Trumpington Community College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Trumpington 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 Trumpington Community College?
- Trumpington Community College has 613 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Trumpington Community College a faith school?
- No. Trumpington Community College has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Trumpington Community College?
- Trumpington Community College is part of UNITED LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Trumpington Community College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 56.9 in 2022/23 and 50.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Trumpington Community College rank locally?
- Trumpington Community College ranked 16th of 34 secondary schools in Cambridgeshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 77% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Trumpington Community College's absence rate?
- Trumpington Community College's overall absence rate is 8.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Trumpington Community College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Trumpington 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 10 July 2026.