Schools in Cambridge

About schools in Cambridge

Most of the 127 schools listed in Cambridge are primary schools. Its 16 secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. One all-through school teaches every age from the early years to school-leaving age on a single site.

Every school on this page is inspected by Ofsted. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25

64%

of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 78 schools with published results

Key stage 4, 2024/25

53.6

average Attainment 8 score, across the 21 schools with published results

Nursery schools6

• Brunswick Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5

• Colleges Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5

• Histon Early Years Centre

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 1 to 5

• Homerton Early Years Centre

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5

• King's Hedges Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 4

• The Fields Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5

Primary schools78

The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

• Arbury Primary School

  Community school · Ages 5 to 11

  66%

  expected standard
• Babraham CofE (VC) Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

  81%

  expected standard
• Bar Hill Community Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  74%

  expected standard
• Barrington CofE VC Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  40%

  expected standard
• Barton CofE VA Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  59%

  expected standard
• Bewick Bridge Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  90%

  expected standard
• Bottisham Community Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  72%

  expected standard
• Bourn CofE Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  63%

  expected standard
• Burwell Village College (Primary)

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  66%

  expected standard
• Caldecote Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  61%

  expected standard
• Castle Camps Church of England (Controlled) Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3 to 11

  63%

  expected standard
• Cherry Hinton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3 to 11

  52%

  expected standard
• Chesterton Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  42%

  expected standard
• Colville Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• Coton Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  43%

  expected standard
• Cottenham Primary School

  Community school · Ages 5 to 11

  61%

  expected standard
• Dry Drayton CofE (C) Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Duxford Church of England Community Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  58%

  expected standard
• Fawcett Primary School

  Foundation school · Ages 3 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• Fen Ditton Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  63%

  expected standard
• Fen Drayton Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  58%

  expected standard
• Foxton Primary School

  Community school · Ages 5 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Fulbourn Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  76%

  expected standard
• Girton Glebe Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

  61%

  expected standard
• Great Abington Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  45%

  expected standard
• Great and Little Shelford CofE (Aided) Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  72%

  expected standard
• Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Hardwick and Cambourne Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• Harston and Newton Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

• Haslingfield Endowed Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  48%

  expected standard
• Hatton Park Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  68%

  expected standard
• Hauxton Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  69%

  expected standard
• Histon and Impington Brook Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  90%

  expected standard
• Histon and Impington Park Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  85%

  expected standard
• Kings Hedges Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  79%

  expected standard
• Linton CofE Infant School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 5 to 7

• Linton Heights Junior School

  Academy converter · Ages 7 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• Marleigh Primary Academy

  Free schools · Ages 3 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• Mayfield Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  58%

  expected standard
• Meadow Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• Meridian Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  58%

  expected standard
• Milton Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

  69%

  expected standard
• Milton Road Primary School

  Community school · Ages 5 to 11

  74%

  expected standard
• Monkfield Park Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  68%

  expected standard
• Morley Memorial Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  53%

  expected standard
• Newnham Croft Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  81%

  expected standard
• Oakington CofE Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 5 to 11

  72%

  expected standard
• Orchard Park Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  41%

  expected standard
• Over Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  21%

  expected standard
• Park Street CofE Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  72%

  expected standard
• Pathfinder CofE Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• Pendragon Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  55%

  expected standard
• Queen Edith Primary School

  Foundation school · Ages 4 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• Queen Emma Primary School

  Foundation school · Ages 4 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• Ridgefield Primary School

  Foundation school · Ages 4 to 11

  80%

  expected standard
• Shirley Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  43%

  expected standard
• St Alban's Catholic Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  83%

  expected standard
• St Laurence Catholic Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  63%

  expected standard
• St Luke's CofE Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  79%

  expected standard
• St Matthew's Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  76%

  expected standard
• St Pauls CofE VA Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  38%

  expected standard
• St Philip's CofE Aided Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  26%

  expected standard
• Stapleford Community Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  75%

  expected standard
• Swaffham Bulbeck Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  75%

  expected standard
• Swaffham Prior Church of England Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  94%

  expected standard
• Swavesey Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• Teversham CofE VA Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• The Bellbird Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• The Galfrid School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  35%

  expected standard
• The Grove Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• The Icknield Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  59%

  expected standard
• The Spinney Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  69%

  expected standard
• Trumpington Meadows Primary School

  Foundation school · Ages 4 to 11

  63%

  expected standard
• Trumpington Park Primary School

  Free schools · Ages 4 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• University of Cambridge Primary School

  Free schools · Ages 4 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• Waterbeach Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• William Westley Church of England VC Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• Willingham Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  51%

  expected standard

Secondary schools16

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Bottisham Village College

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  51.1

  Attainment 8
• Cambourne Village College

  Free schools · Ages 11 to 18

  51.7

  Attainment 8
• Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology

  University technical college · Ages 13 to 19

  56.8

  Attainment 8
• Chesterton Community College

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  68.0

  Attainment 8
• Coleridge Community College

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  55.1

  Attainment 8
• Comberton Village College

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  55.7

  Attainment 8
• Cottenham Village College

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  52.0

  Attainment 8
• Impington Village College

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  58.6

  Attainment 8
• Linton Village College

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  52.4

  Attainment 8
• North Cambridge Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  43.9

  Attainment 8
• Parkside Community College

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  63.5

  Attainment 8
• Sawston Village College

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  55.5

  Attainment 8
• St Bede's Inter-Church School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  61.6

  Attainment 8
• Swavesey Village College

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  54.6

  Attainment 8
• The Netherhall School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 18

  45.5

  Attainment 8
• Trumpington Community College

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  50.4

  Attainment 8

All-through schools1

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Northstowe Learning Community

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 19

  51.4

  Attainment 8

Sixth forms and colleges4

• Cambridge Maths School

  Free schools 16 to 19 · Ages 16 to 19

• Cambridge Regional College

  Further education · Ages 14 to 99

• Hills Road Sixth Form College

  Academy 16-19 converter · Ages 16 to 19

• Long Road Sixth Form College

  Academy 16-19 converter · Ages 16 to 19

Special schools and alternative provision9

• Castle School, Cambridge

  Community special school · Ages 2 to 19

• Granta School

  Community special school · Ages 2 to 19

• Gretton School

  Other independent special school · Ages 5 to 20

• Holme Court School

  Other independent special school · Ages 7 to 16

• OA - Cambridge

  Academy alternative provision converter · Ages 5 to 16

• Papworth Hall School

  Other independent special school · Ages 5 to 16

• Pilgrim Pathways School

  Pupil referral unit · Ages 5 to 18

• Selwyn Hall School

  Other independent special school · Ages 7 to 18

• The Centre School

  Academy special converter · Ages 11 to 19

Independent schools12

• Cambridge Arts and Sciences (CATS and CSVPA)

  Other independent school · Ages 13 to 24

• Cambridge Muslim Secondary School

  Other independent school · Ages 11 to 16 · Girls

• Heritage School

  Other independent school · Ages 4 to 16

• King's College School

  Other independent school · Ages 4 to 14

• Landmark International School

  Other independent school · Ages 4 to 16

• Mander Portman Woodward

  Other independent school · Ages 14 to 20

• Red Balloon Learner Centre - Cambridge

  Other independent school · Ages 11 to 19

• St Faith's School

  Other independent school · Ages 3 to 13

• St John's College School

  Other independent school · Ages 4 to 13

• St Mary's School

  Other independent school · Ages 3 to 19 · Girls

• St. Andrew's College Cambridge

  Other independent school · Ages 15 to 22

• The Leys School

  Other independent school · Ages 11 to 19

Other establishments1

• University of Cambridge

  Higher education institutions

Common questions about schools in Cambridge

How many schools are in Cambridge?

OfferDay lists 127 schools in Cambridge, including 78 primary schools and 16 secondary schools.

Who inspects schools in Cambridge?

Every school in Cambridge is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.

Which are the best schools in Cambridge?

OfferDay ranks schools in Cambridge where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

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. Information on this page was last updated on 25 July 2026.