Parkside Community College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2019
0.694 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 1 March 2019
Year 7 last distance offered, 2018–2019 (miles)
Parkside Community College is a secondary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Outstanding, from the inspection on 20 April 2023. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2018 to 2019 entry.
Parkside Community College catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2019 | 0.694 mi |
| Year 7 2018 | 1.343 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2019 lived 0.694 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 9 Cambridgeshire secondary schools with a published 2019 last distance.
- In 2026 Year 7 entry, there were 135 first-choice applications for 113 offers; 101 offers went to first-choice families and 34 first-choice families (25%) were not offered a place.
- 2024/25 GCSE English and maths: 78% of pupils got grade 5 or above (England 45%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Cambridgeshire.
- It has 20.1 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Cambridgeshire is 15.5.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Cambridgeshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Parkside, Cambridge, CB1 1EH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 667 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding Inspected 20 April 2023
Strengths
- “This is a small school where pupils enrich their understanding of a much wider world.”
- “Pupils embrace their teachers’ very high expectations about behaviour and learning.”
- “Pupils know their teachers help them to be at their very best in everything they do.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 June 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 78% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 63.5 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 135 first-preference applications, 113 offers in total, 101 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Cambridgeshire.
- Chesterton Community College 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Coleridge Community College 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- North Cambridge Academy 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Trumpington Community College 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Bede's Inter-Church School 1.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Netherhall School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology 2.2 mi School remains Good
- Impington Village College 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published