North Cambridge Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Cambridgeshire
Arbury Road, Cambridge, CB4 2JF
67
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
89.9%
27.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
687
Capacity used
Nearly full92%
750 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
75 of 75 families who put it first got an offer
143
Places offered
202
Total applications
1.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 75 | 75 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 49 | 28 | ● 57% |
| 3rd preference | 77 | 40 | ● 52% |
| Later preferences | 1 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 202 | 143 | 71% |
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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Jane Driver
- Address
- Arbury Road, Kings Hedges, Cambridge, CB4 2JF
- Phone
- 01223491500
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Ward / constituency
- West Chesterton · Cambridge
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 139401
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 52% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 34% | — | — |
| SEN support | 15% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: MERIDIAN TRUST
687 pupils · 750 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
05 February 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 709 pupils
Attendance
89.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
10.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
27.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
4.5%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.0%
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 | 46.7 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.19 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 38% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 59% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.82 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 43.9 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 35.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 51.2% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 16% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.48 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 125 | — |
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 | 125 | 16% | 42% | 55% | |
| English Language | 125 | 14% | 41% | 55% | |
| English Literature | 117 | 10% | 44% | 61% | |
| Art and Design | 103 | 26% | 69% | 93% | |
| Combined Science | 99 | 1% | 23% | 45% | |
| History | 44 | 36% | 68% | 70% | |
| Geography | 41 | 7% | 32% | 41% | |
| Spanish | 27 | 15% | 56% | 70% | |
| Biology | 25 | 36% | 96% | 100% | |
| Physics | 25 | 48% | 96% | 96% | |
| Chemistry | 25 | 44% | 96% | 96% | |
| Computer Science | 18 | 22% | 50% | 56% |
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.