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Schools in Cambridge[1]

Local authority district E07000008 · 61 open schools[2]

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Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 78 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure Most deprived 20% Second Middle Fourth Least deprived 20%
Income 4%[4] 14%[4] 28%[4] 14%[4] 40%[4]
Employment 1%[4] 14%[4] 18%[4] 23%[4] 44%[4]
Education and skills 3%[4] 14%[4] 15%[4] 27%[4] 41%[4]
Health and disability 4%[4] 8%[4] 28%[4] 17%[4] 44%[4]
Crime 19%[4] 24%[4] 23%[4] 18%[4] 15%[4]
Housing and services 0%[4] 6%[4] 26%[4] 38%[4] 29%[4]
Living environment 19%[4] 19%[4] 17%[4] 33%[4] 12%[4]
Children in low-income families 5%[4] 13%[4] 24%[4] 23%[4] 35%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Secondary schools (11)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology 13–19[2]
A8 62 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
Cambridge Maths School 16–19[2]
AL A+ 2024/25[9]
Chesterton Community College 11–18[2]
A8 65 2025/26[8] AL B 2024/25[9]
Coleridge Community College 11–16[2]
A8 59 2025/26[8]
Hills Road Sixth Form College 16–19[2]
Long Road Sixth Form College 16–19[2]
AL C 2024/25[9]
North Cambridge Academy 11–16[2]
A8 49 2025/26[8]
Parkside Community College 11–16[2]
A8 66 2025/26[8]
St Bede's Inter-Church School 11–16[2]
A8 63 2025/26[8]
The Netherhall School 11–18[2]
A8 47 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
Trumpington Community College 11–16[2]
A8 57 2025/26[8]

Primary schools (27)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
Arbury Primary School 5–11[2]
KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
Bewick Bridge Community Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 90% 2024/25[10]
Cherry Hinton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
Chesterton Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 42% 2024/25[10]
Colville Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Fawcett Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Kings Hedges Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 79% 2024/25[10]
Mayfield Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
Milton Road Primary School 5–11[2]
KS2 74% 2024/25[10]
Morley Memorial Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Newnham Croft Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 81% 2024/25[10]
Park Street CofE Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Queen Edith Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Queen Emma Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Ridgefield Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
Shirley Community Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 43% 2024/25[10]
St Alban's Catholic Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 83% 2024/25[10]
St Laurence Catholic Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
St Luke's CofE Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 79% 2024/25[10]
St Matthew's Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
St Pauls CofE VA Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 38% 2024/25[10]
St Philip's CofE Aided Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 26% 2024/25[10]
The Galfrid School 4–11[2]
KS2 35% 2024/25[10]
The Grove Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
The Spinney Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
Trumpington Park Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
University of Cambridge Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 71% 2024/25[10]

Independent schools (15)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
Abbey College Cambridge 12–21[2]
AL B+ 2024/25[9]
Cambridge Arts and Sciences (CATS and CSVPA) 13–24[2]
AL B- 2024/25[9]
Cambridge Muslim Secondary School 11–16[2]
Cardiff Sixth Form College, Cambridge 14–19[2]
AL A 2024/25[9]
Heritage School 4–16[2]
King's College School 4–14[2]
Mander Portman Woodward 14–20[2]
AL B- 2024/25[9]
Sancton Wood School 1–16[2]
St Faith's School 3–13[2]
St John's College School 4–13[2]
St Mary's School 3–19[2]
AL B+ 2024/25[9]
St. Andrew's College Cambridge 15–22[2]
AL C 2024/25[9]
The Leys School 11–19[2]
AL A- 2024/25[9]
The Perse School 3–19[2]
AL A 2024/25[9]
The Stephen Perse Foundation 2–21[2]
AL A- 2024/25[9]

Special schools and alternative provision (3)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
Castle School, Cambridge 2–19[2]
Holme Court School 7–16[2]
OA - Cambridge 5–16[2]

Nursery schools (5)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
Brunswick Nursery School 2–5[2]
Colleges Nursery School 2–5[2]
Homerton Early Years Centre 2–5[2]
King's Hedges Nursery School 2–4[2]
The Fields Nursery School 2–5[2]

Sources

  1. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Office for National Statistics: LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2026) to LAD (2026) Best Fit Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-07. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation. Period 2025. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS054 Tenure. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-06. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS067 Highest level of qualification. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-10. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS062 NS-SeC. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2022-12-08. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.