OFSTED
4 December 2024
Latest ungraded inspection
Latest published outcome
Standards maintained
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
—
Local authority
Cambridgeshire
Trust
UNITED LEARNING TRUST
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
2025/26
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics for 2025/26.
Total pupils
553
553 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
286
51.7% of pupils
Male pupils
267
48.3% of pupils
Free school meals
Pupils eligible for free school meals.
13.7 pts
above England
School
38.5%
Cambridge
16.1%
East of England
19.7%
England
24.8%
English as an additional language
Pupils whose first language is not English.
20.6 pts
above England
School
40.9%
Cambridge
23.6%
East of England
16.4%
England
20.3%
Young carers
Pupils recorded as young carers.
4.4 pts
above England
School
5.4%
Cambridge
0.9%
East of England
1.7%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
White British
38.2%
211
Any other White background
16.3%
90
Any other ethnic group
6.9%
38
Any other Asian background
6.7%
37
Any other Mixed background
6.1%
34
Bangladeshi
5.2%
29
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
2025/26
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an education, health and care plan.
Pupils with SEN
22.6%
125 of
553 pupils
1.8 pts
above England
England:
20.8%
England
14.8%
5.8 pts
above
England
6.0%
4.0 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Pupils
Most common identified needs
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published 2025/26 Department for Education school-level data. Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support and pupils with EHC plans.
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
2024/25
Key stage 4 outcomes
Published Department for Education results for 2024/25.
ATTAINMENT 8
Average attainment score
55.1
15.9 pts
above England
Latest published: 0.23 · 2023/24
Comparisons are averages of published school-level results for open schools. They are not pupil-weighted official local authority attainment rates.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
2024/25
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education absence data for 2024/25. Lower absence rates are generally better.
ABSENCE RATE
8.91%
Overall absence
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
2.69 pts
higher than
England
School
8.91%
Cambridge
5.93%
East of England
6.17%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
26.01%
Persistent absence
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
10.19 pts
higher than
England
School
26.01%
Cambridge
14.92%
East of England
15.39%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
4.20%
Severe absence
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
2.40 pts
higher than
England
School
4.20%
Cambridge
2.00%
East of England
1.83%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open secondary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
92.2%
0.2 pts
below England
Coleridge Community College
92.2%
Cambridge
90.6%
East of England
92.9%
England
92.3%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.