North Cambridge Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C59
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Cambridge, CB4 2JF
- Distance
- 1.2km away
Chesterton Community College
Gilbert Road, Cambridge, CB4 3NY
Local ranking2nd of 34 secondary schools in Cambridgeshire
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
1100
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 25 February 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 68.0 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 83.7% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 92.1% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 53.7% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 6.3 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 190
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B
Avg A-Level Grade
40.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
40.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
47
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 25.6% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 97
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1129
- Boys
- 533 (47%)
- Girls
- 596 (53%)
- Capacity
- 1100 (103% full)
- SEND
- 11.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 17.5%
- EAL
- 21.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.8%
- SEN Support
- 8.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 12.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 87.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,250/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 10.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 46.1%
- White Other: 21.4%
- Asian Chinese: 6.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 5.1%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 4.1%
- Mixed Other: 3.6%
- Asian Indian: 2.9%
- Asian Other: 2.8%
46.1%
White British
21.4%
White Other
6.2%
Asian Chinese
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Gilbert Road
Cambridge, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 136887
- UKPRN
- 10034163
- Establishment No.
- 4029
- Trust
- EASTERN LEARNING ALLIANCE
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