North Cambridge Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 6 2018 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Cambridgeshire
Unique reference
139401
Address
Arbury Road, Kings Hedges, CB4 2JF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
685 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
48.9%
Girls
51.1%
First language not English
34.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
45%
Persistent absence
28.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 46.7%
Other White 15.5%
Mixed 10.1%
Bangladeshi 10.1%
Unclassified 5%
Other Asian 3.1%
Other 2.2%
Indian 2%
Chinese 1.6%
Caribbean 1.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.9%
African 0.9%
Other Black 0.4%
Pakistani 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.36
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 16%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.3
Local authority average 48.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.75
Local authority average 4.37
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award43
Sports StudiesTechnical Award80
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE30
BiologyGCSE26
ChemistryGCSE26
ChineseGCSE3
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
English LanguageGCSE103
English LiteratureGCSE96
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

North Cambridge Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
143
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
67
2nd preference
60
3rd preference
74
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
67
2nd preference
33
3rd preference
36
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
152
80
72
Year 8
143
72
71
Year 9
131
64
67
Year 10
129
65
64
Year 11
130
54
76
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
88.3%
86.5%
Further education
36.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
4.0%
27.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
30.0%
34.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
9.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
8.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
2.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
3.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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