Coleridge Community College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2022
Every applicant was offered a place
From Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 1 March 2022
Year 7 last distance offered, 2018–2022 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Coleridge Community College is a secondary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 4 December 2024. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2018 to 2022 entry.
Coleridge 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 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2019 | 10.683 mi |
| Year 7 2018 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 66% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 55.1 (England 46).
- For 2026 Year 7 entry: 59 first-choice applications for 125 offers, with every first-choice family offered a place and 66 offers to families ranking it second or lower.
- For Year 7 entry in 2022, every applicant was offered a place, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in 1 of the 2 earlier years.
- 38.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Cambridgeshire is 19.1%.
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
- Radegund Road, Cambridge, CB1 3RJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 553 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 4 December 2024
Strengths
- “Coleridge pupils know that staff want the best for them.”
- “Expectations of learning and conduct are high.”
- “Pupils typically meet these expectations in the school’s supportive environment.”
To improve
- “However, a few other pupils would benefit from this intervention, especially to improve their writing.”
- “While the school aims to extend the offer, this development is at an early stage.”
- “However, some pupils, including those who are disadvantaged and those with SEND, still do not attend school regularly, so they fall behind in their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 2025 (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) | 66% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 55.1 | 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: 59 first-preference applications, 125 offers in total, 59 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.
- St Bede's Inter-Church School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Netherhall School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Parkside Community College 1.3 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology 1.4 mi School remains Good
- Trumpington Community College 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Chesterton Community College 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- North Cambridge Academy 2.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Impington Village College 4.1 mi Not judged Last distance published