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Coleridge Community College
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Radegund Road, Cambridge CB1 3RJ · coleridgecc.org.uk · 01223 712300
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 55.1
- average Attainment 8 score. Cambridgeshire 48.1, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 4.62 mi
- 7.44 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Criterion 7OC · Cambridgeshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.5
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 553
- 92% of 600 places
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 38.6%
- First language not English
- 40.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered under “Criterion 7OC” went to a home 4.62 mi (7.44 km) from the school. Source: Cambridgeshire Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 59 families put the school first and 125 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 125 | 59 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 119 | 40 | 0.3 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 147 | 43 | 0.3 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 116 | 60 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 115 | 59 | 0.5 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 – Criterion 7OC | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 4.62 mi7.44 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 55.1, and 66.4% 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
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲55.1 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲66.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲78.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲72.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲5.34 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 4.6 | −0.6 |
| Sixth form college | 52.3 | +3.8 |
| Further education | 31.2 | +8.5 |
| Other education | 0.9 | −1.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.8 | −2.3 |
| Employment | 1.8 | −5.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.6 | −0.6 |
| Activity not captured | 2.8 | −2.4 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 4 December 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Coleridge Community College was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 3 Dec 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Nov 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Mar 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
80% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (80 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 80%
- Replies
- 80
- 14% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 34% who had a child bullied
based on 15 parents (19%) with SEND