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Parkside Community College

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy

Parkside, Cambridge CB1 1EH · parksidecc.org.uk · 01223 712600

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Overview

Ofsted
Remains Outstanding
Ungraded inspection · Apr 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
63.5
average Attainment 8 score. Cambridgeshire 48.1, England 46
Last distance offered
1.12 mi
1.80 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Criterion 50CF · Cambridgeshire Council
Demand for places
1.2
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
667
7 over 660 places · 101%
Local authority
Cambridgeshire
Sixth form
No
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
18%
First language not English
53.8%
School census 2025/26
Trust
United Learning Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered under “Criterion 50CF” went to a home 1.12 mi (1.80 km) from the school. Source: Cambridgeshire Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 135 families put the school first and 113 places were offered; 75% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

Demand for places

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 154 (Places 119)154September 2023: 187 (Places 155)187September 2024: 180 (Places 114)180September 2025: 166 (Places 120)166September 2026: 135 (Places 113)135Places 113
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261131351.2▲75%
September 2025Sept 20251201661.4▲64%
September 2024Sept 20241141801.6▲59%
September 2023Sept 20231551871.2▲74%
September 2022Sept 20221191541.3▲71%

Last distance offered

Year 7 – Criterion 50CFDistance
September 20261.12 mi1.80 km

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 63.5, and 78.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Cambridgeshire it was 48.1, and across England 46.

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 56.9 (England 46.3)56.92017/18: 60.3 (England 46.5)60.32018/19: 59.3 (England 46.7)59.32021/22: 61.8 (England 48.8)61.82022/23: 60.6 (England 46.3)60.62023/24: 61.1 (England 45.9)61.12024/25: 63.5 (England 46.0)63.5England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲63.546.0
▲78.1%45.4%
▲88.3%64.8%
▲85.9%40.5%
▲6.344.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form5.7−0.2
Sixth form college78+2.6
Further education5.7−0.2
Other education0.8−0.9
Employment2.4+0.7
Not in a lasting destination5.7+2.3
Activity not captured1.6−3.5

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

All academic average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 30.3 (England 30.6)C2016/17: 30.6 (England 31.3)C2017/18: 35.4 (England 32.3)B-2018/19: 28.5 (England 33.0)C2021/22: 37.5 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 27.9 (England 34.3)C-2023/24: 28.0 (England 34.5)C-2024/25: 31.8 (England 35.1)C+England 35.1
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
16 studentsC+ (31.8)Average -0.28
70.6%finished their course
Earlier years: All academicStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2434C- (28)-0.65
2022/2331C- (27.9)—
2021/2228B- (37.5)—
2018/1956C (28.5)-0.48
2017/1831B- (35.4)-0.29
2016/1743C (30.6)-0.58
2015/1641C (30.3)-0.27

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University41.7−8.3
Further education2.7—
Apprenticeship2.8—
Employment27.8+11.1
Not in a lasting destination8.3−8.4
Activity not captured16.70

Ofsted

At an ungraded inspection on 20 April 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Parkside Community College was: School remains Outstanding.

Outcome
Remains Outstanding
Inspected
19 Apr 2023
Ungraded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Mar 2017

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2017Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Feb 2013Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood

What parents said

83% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (231 replies, to 1 April 2024).

Recommend
83%
Replies
231
33% · 1 Apr 2024
Child is happy at school▼83% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe●90% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved●86% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●81% agreeEngland 83%
Child does well▼83% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn●84% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼82% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼77% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities●92% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼71% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼70% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 74% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼39% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 31% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need●68% agreeEngland 67%

based on 44 parents (19%) with SEND

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