Chesterton Community College

Academy converter·Secondary school Cambridgeshire·CB4 3NY
Composite score
85.0
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#127
National rank
#12
In East of England
#1
In Cambridgeshire
Top 4%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
68.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
84%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
92%
% EBacc grade 5+
50%
EBacc average points score
6.35

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
59%
293 first choices, 174 places
First choices per place
1.68
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
633
any preference, for 174 places
Last place offered lived
1.10 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 1770 m
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05
00.511.522.5
1 per place
1.4820221.3920231.7920241.7320251.682026

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
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,129
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.5%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
21.3%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.9%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.8%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
10.4%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
12.8
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£9,250
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
92%
198 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
90%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Chesterton Community College at a glance

Located in Cambridgeshire, Chesterton Community College is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 1,129 pupils aged 11 to 18. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 68.0 — well above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 5.6 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 4% of secondary schools in England.

84% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 92% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Chesterton Community College is oversubscribed: about 6 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 293 first choices for 174 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.10 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. After Year 11, 92% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 12.8 pupils per teacher. Chesterton 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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