Coleridge Community College
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Cambridgeshire
Radegund Road, Cambridge, CB1 3RJ
66
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
91.1%
26.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
553
Capacity used
Nearly full92%
600 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
40 of 40 families who put it first got an offer
119
Places offered
220
Total applications
1.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 40 | 40 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 67 | 14 | ● 21% |
| 3rd preference | 112 | 13 | ● 12% |
| Later preferences | 1 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 220 | 67 | 30% |
1st preference success by year
Cambridgeshire lets families list 3 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Matt Oughton
- Address
- Radegund Road, Cambridge, CB1 3RJ
- Phone
- 01223712300
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Ward / constituency
- Coleridge · Cambridge
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 136650
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 39% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 31% | — | — |
| SEN support | 15% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: UNITED LEARNING TRUST
553 pupils · 600 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
04 December 2024
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 619 pupils
Attendance
91.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
26.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
4.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.7%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 45.9 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.23 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 43% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 67% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.31 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 55.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 66.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 78.2% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 72.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.34 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 110 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 109 | 41% | 76% | 84% | |
| English Language | 108 | 36% | 69% | 81% | |
| English Literature | 105 | 32% | 70% | 79% | |
| Combined Science | 86 | 28% | 58% | 76% | |
| Geography | 76 | 39% | 76% | 89% | |
| Spanish | 75 | 27% | 67% | 85% | |
| History | 30 | 50% | 83% | 87% | |
| Social Studies | 30 | 23% | 67% | 77% | |
| Computer Science | 25 | 32% | 64% | 68% | |
| Music | 20 | 45% | 70% | 75% | |
| Biology | 20 | 75% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 20 | 80% | 100% | 100% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Cambridgeshire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.