Northstowe Learning Community
All-through · Academy converter · Ages 4–19 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.847 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Year 7 2020: Every applicant was offered a place
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Northstowe Learning Community is an all-through school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–19 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 March 2023. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception and Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Northstowe Learning Community 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 |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.847 mi |
| Year 7 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2019 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 0.847 miles away.
- For Reception 2026 there were 39 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families and 9 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- For Year 7 in 2020, every applicant was offered a place.
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
- Stirling Road, Northstowe, Cambridge, CB24 1DJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 4–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 920 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 March 2023
Strengths
- “The well-being of pupils is a priority at Northstowe Secondary College.”
- “If pupils have a problem, there is always an adult that they can turn to.”
- “Pupils feel they benefit from the reassurance staff offer and other strategies provided, such as access to Oscar the dog.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of curriculum areas, some teachers do not do this consistently well in lessons.”
- “Where this is the case, some pupils do not learn as much as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 May 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) | 55% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 51.4 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 39 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 171 first-preference applications, 179 offers in total, 171 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 special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Cambridgeshire.
- The Martin Bacon Academy 0.1 mi Not judged
- The Centre School 2.4 mi Good
- Gretton School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Hope Tree School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Cavendish School 3.1 mi Outstanding
- Red Balloon Learner Centre - Cambridge 4.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Castle School, Cambridge 4.8 mi Requires improvement
- OA - Cambridge 5.0 mi Good