All-through school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Northstowe Learning Community
Stirling Road, Northstowe, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 1DJ
Ofsted
Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 21 March 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
GCSE results 2024/25
Attainment 8 score
The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.
Grade 5+ in English & maths
Grade 4+ in English & maths
EBacc average point score
Entered the EBacc
On Attainment 8 this school is in the top quarter of state-funded secondaries in England.
Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is middle, which is where this one sits, it is in the top quarter.
Progress 8 2023/24
Taking that range into account, progress was not statistically different from the national average. DfE bands this as average.
Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 920
- Places
- 2830
- How full
- 33% full — 920 of 2830 places taken, so places are likely to be available
- Girls / boys
- 458 / 462
- Overall absence
- 9%
- Persistently absent
- 22%
secondary schools average 8.6%
secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions
- Free school meals, last 6 years
- 21%
- English as an additional language
- 14%
- With an EHC plan
- 4%
- On SEN support
- 10%
England 25.7%
England 18.7%
England 3.5%
England 15%
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for South Cambridgeshire 003H, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 51%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 11%
- Households owning their home
- 81%
- Households in social housing
- 2%
- Households with no car
- 5%
- Adults economically inactive
- 31%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- Ages 4–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- MERIDIAN TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Claire Mills
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Ward
- Longstanton
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
- URN
- 148128
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest all-through schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottenham Village CollegeAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 52 | 2.4 mi |
| Impington Village CollegeAcademy converter | No grade | 58.6 | 3.1 mi |
| Swavesey Village CollegeAcademy converter | Outstanding 2024 | 54.6 | 3.3 mi |
| North Cambridge AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 43.9 | 4.6 mi |
| Red Balloon Learner Centre - CambridgeOther independent school | No grade | — | 4.8 mi |
| Chesterton Community CollegeAcademy converter | No grade | 68 | 4.9 mi |
| Cambridge Arts and Sciences (CATS and CSVPA)Other independent school | No grade | — | 5.2 mi |
| King's College SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 5.6 mi |
Schools with a similar intake
State-funded all-through schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities CollegeCommunity school | Outstanding 2024 | 49.7 |
| Harrow Way Community SchoolCommunity school | Good 2022 | 44.4 |
| Alder Grange SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 37 |
| Fernwood SchoolAcademy converter | Outstanding 2024 | 53.8 |
| The Ursuline Academy IlfordAcademy converter | No grade | 56.1 |
| Oakwood High SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 47.5 |
| Ingleby Manor Free SchoolFree schools | Good 2022 | 52.2 |
| Dorset Studio SchoolStudio schools | Good 2024 | 34.1 |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
All published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. If something here looks wrong, the school's own website is the authority on admissions and open days.