Coleridge Community College

Academy converter·Secondary school Cambridgeshire·CB1 3RJ
Composite score
68.9
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#456
National rank
#56
In East of England
#8
In Cambridgeshire
Top 14%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
55.1
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
66%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
78%
% EBacc grade 5+
48%
EBacc average points score
5.34

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
59 first choices, 125 places
First choices per place
0.47
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
245
any preference, for 125 places
Last place offered lived
4.62 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 7435 m
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.14
00.511.5
1 per place
0.5120220.5220230.2920240.3420250.472026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
571
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
38.9%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
34.3%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.0%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
10.2%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
32.3%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.3
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£9,529
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
89%
103 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
83%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
4%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Coleridge Community College at a glance

Located in Cambridgeshire, Coleridge Community College is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 571 pupils aged 11 to 16. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 55.1, above the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 9.2 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 14% of secondary schools in England.

66% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 78% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Coleridge Community College was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 59 families who put it first were offered a place. The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 4.62 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. After Year 11, 89% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 10.2%. There are about 14.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 39% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Coleridge Community College does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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