Secondary
North Cambridge Academy
Arbury Road, Kings Hedges, Cambridge, CB4 2JF
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 687 of 750 places
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Trust
- MERIDIAN TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2025
Standards maintained
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
35%
43.9
16th of 16 by our score, among the secondary schools in Cambridge we can score - 17 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 43.9 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.48 |
| Entered the EBacc | 16% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 51% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 33% |
| 22/23 | 33% |
| 23/24 | 38% |
| 24/25 | 35% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.22 |
| 22/23 | +0.36 |
| 23/24 | +0.19 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 47.2 |
| 22/23 | 48.3 |
| 23/24 | 46.7 |
| 24/25 | 43.9 |
Arbury Road, Kings Hedges, Cambridge, CB4 2JF
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Cambridgeshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Jane Driver
- Address
- Arbury Road, Kings Hedges, Cambridge, CB4 2JF
- Telephone
- 01223491500