Parkside Community College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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.
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Key facts
- Address
- Parkside, Cambridge, CB1 1EH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- 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.
Last distance offered and catchment
A one-off £9.99 pass, no subscription, unlocks for 3 months:
- Last distance offered for Year 7 2018 to 2019, as Cambridgeshire published it, drawn on the map
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Earlier years of exam results
- Where pupils go after they leave
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
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