North Cambridge Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2020
Every applicant was offered a place
From Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2020
Year 7 last distance offered, 2018–2020 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
North Cambridge Academy is a secondary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 5 February 2025. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2018 to 2020 entry.
North Cambridge Academy 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 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2019 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- 51.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Cambridgeshire is 19.1%.
- Year 7 in 2026 had 68 first-choice applications for 150 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 82 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 35% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 43.9 (England 46).
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
- Arbury Road, Kings Hedges, Cambridge, CB4 2JF
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 687 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 51.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 5 February 2025
Strengths
- “This school has high ambitions and expectations for its pupils.”
- “Staff support pupils well with their next steps by reducing barriers and raising aspirations.”
- “Strong links with local businesses and universities enable pupils to access engaging opportunities that broaden their horizons and support them to ‘aim high’.”
To improve
- “This is because, sometimes, staff do not always adapt the lessons well enough to meet pupils’ additional needs.”
- “In these cases, pupils do not learn as well as they do in other areas of the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 March 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) | 35% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.9 | 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: 68 first-preference applications, 150 offers in total, 68 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 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Parkside Community College 1.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Impington Village College 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Coleridge Community College 2.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Bede's Inter-Church School 2.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Trumpington Community College 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- The Netherhall School 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology 3.7 mi School remains Good