Trumpington 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.
Trumpington Community College is a secondary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 November 2023. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2018 to 2022 entry.
Trumpington 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 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2019 | 7.944 mi |
| Year 7 2018 | 20.303 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2022, though a last distance was published in 2 of the 3 earlier years with a published outcome.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 112 first-choice applications for 121 offers; 106 offers went to first-choice families and 6 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place.
- Results 2024/25: 55% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Cambridgeshire.
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
- Lime Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 9FD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 613 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils know that staff at the school have unashamedly high ambition for them.”
- “They appreciate the hard work teachers put into designing engaging and challenging lessons.”
- “Pupils respond by working hard.”
To improve
- “Pupils acknowledge that disruption still occurs occasionally.”
- “However, some pupils struggle to consistently meet the high standards of conduct expected.”
- “While the school has provided effective support, it has not always precisely addressed the underlying causes of the behaviour of a small number of pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 January 2024 (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) | 55% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 50.4 | 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: 112 first-preference applications, 121 offers in total, 106 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.
- Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology 1.0 mi School remains Good
- Coleridge Community College 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Parkside Community College 1.7 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- The Netherhall School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Bede's Inter-Church School 1.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Chesterton Community College 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- North Cambridge Academy 3.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sawston Village College 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published