Best Secondary Schools in Cambridge

We checked all 32 secondary schools in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, and list every one: 17 ranked, then 15 without a rank.

Schools checked
32
Ranked
17
Without a rank
15

Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Cambridge. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Cambridge also has 80 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Cambridgeshire. Cambridgeshire also has rankings for Ely, Huntingdon, Wisbech and all of Cambridgeshire.

Ranked secondary schools in Cambridge

  1. 1

    Chesterton Community College

    Academy, 1,126 pupils, inspected February 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    68.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    83.7%

  2. 2

    Parkside Community College

    Academy, 667 pupils, inspected March 2017

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    63.5
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    78.1%

  3. 3

    St Bede's Inter-Church School

    Academy, 943 pupils, inspected June 2024

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    61.6
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    73.9%

  4. 4

    Impington Village College

    Academy, 1,446 pupils, inspected February 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    58.6
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    66.1%

  5. 5

    Comberton Village College

    Academy, 1,981 pupils, inspected November 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    55.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    58.6%

  6. 6

    Swavesey Village College

    Academy, 1,254 pupils, inspected January 2024

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    54.6
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    58.8%

  7. 7

    Cambourne Village College

    Free school, 1,626 pupils, inspected March 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    51.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    56.9%

  8. 8

    Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology

    Free school, 455 pupils, inspected May 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    56.8
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    63.5%

  9. 9

    Coleridge Community College

    Academy, 553 pupils, inspected May 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    55.1
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    66.4%

  10. 10

    Sawston Village College

    Academy, 1,198 pupils, inspected November 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    55.5
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    61.3%

  11. 11

    Linton Village College

    Academy, 766 pupils, inspected April 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    52.4
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    56.1%

  12. 12

    Cottenham Village College

    Academy, 860 pupils, inspected October 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    52.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    56.5%

  13. 13

    Northstowe Learning Community

    Academy, 920 pupils, inspected March 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    51.4
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    55.3%

  14. 14

    Trumpington Community College

    Academy, 613 pupils, inspected November 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    50.4
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    55.1%

  15. 15

    Bottisham Village College

    Academy, 1,396 pupils, inspected March 2024

    Ofsted: Requires improvement
    Attainment 8
    51.1
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    57.7%

  16. 16

    The Netherhall School

    Academy, 1,259 pupils, inspected October 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    45.5
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    38.8%

  17. 17

    North Cambridge Academy

    Academy, 687 pupils, inspected February 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    43.9
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    35.2%

Secondary schools in Cambridge without a rank