Area guide · Cambridgeshire
Living in Cambridge with children
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 152,742 people in 55,371 households; 26.0% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
110schools in Cambridge
£550ktypical semi, 12 months
114crimes a year per 1,000 people
90%gigabit broadband
Schools
110 schools: 78 state primary, 17 state secondary, 4 sixth form or college, 11 privateCambridge on the schools map →Primary: expected standard, 2025 results (DfE) · red mark: Cambridgeshire 59%Ofsted
Secondary: attainment 8, 2026 results (DfE) · red mark: Cambridgeshire 50.3Ofsted
Every school in Cambridge, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (78)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swaffham Prior Church of England Primary School | Good | Top 3% (4/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Histon and Impington Brook Primary School | Outstanding | Top 3% (5/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Bewick Bridge Community Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 4% (6/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Histon and Impington Park Primary School | Outstanding | Top 4% (7/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| St Alban's Catholic Primary School | Good | Top 5% (9/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Newnham Croft Primary School | School remains Good | Top 6% (11/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Babraham CofE (VC) Primary School | Good | Top 7% (12/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Ridgefield Primary School | School remains Good | Top 8% (15/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Kings Hedges Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 10% (18/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| St Luke's CofE Primary School | Requires improvement | Top 10% (19/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Fulbourn Primary School | School remains Good | Top 13% (24/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| St Matthew's Primary School | Good | Top 13% (25/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Swaffham Bulbeck Church of England Primary School | Good | Top 14% (26/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Stapleford Community Primary School | School remains Good | Top 16% (30/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Harston and Newton Primary School | School remains Good | Top 16% (31/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Milton Road Primary School | Good | Top 18% (34/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Bar Hill Community Primary School | School remains Good | Top 18% (35/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Teversham CofE VA Primary School | School remains Good | Top 20% (38/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Swavesey Primary School | Good | Top 20% (39/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Bottisham Community Primary School | School remains Good | Top 21% (40/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Park Street CofE Primary School | Good | Top 21% (41/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Oakington CofE Primary School | Good | Top 22% (42/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Great and Little Shelford CofE (Aided) Primary School | Good | Top 22% (43/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| William Westley Church of England VC Primary School | Good | Top 23% (45/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Queen Emma Primary School | Good | Top 24% (46/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| University of Cambridge Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 25% (48/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Linton Heights Junior School | Standards maintained | Top 25% (49/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy | Inadequate | Top 26% (50/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Dry Drayton CofE (C) Primary School, and Pre-School | Good | Top 27% (52/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Trumpington Park Primary School | Good | Top 28% (53/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| The Bellbird Primary School | Good | Top 29% (55/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| The Spinney Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 29% (56/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Hauxton Primary School | Good | Top 30% (57/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Milton Church of England Primary School | Good | Top 30% (57/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Hatton Park Primary School | School remains Good (Improving) | Top 31% (60/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Monkfield Park Primary School | School remains Good | Top 33% (64/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Foxton Primary School | Good | Top 34% (66/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Burwell Village College (Primary) | Good | Top 36% (70/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Arbury Primary School | School remains Good | Top 38% (73/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Meadow Primary School | School remains Good | Top 39% (75/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Pathfinder CofE Primary School | Good | Top 39% (76/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| St Laurence Catholic Primary School | Good | Top 43% (84/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Fen Ditton Primary School | School remains Good | Top 44% (85/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Bourn CofE Primary Academy | Good | Top 44% (86/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Trumpington Meadows Primary School | School remains Good | Top 46% (89/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Castle Camps Church of England (Controlled) Primary School | Good | Top 47% (92/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Colville Primary School | Good | Top 49% (95/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Fawcett Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 49% (96/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Girton Glebe Primary School | Good | (100/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Cottenham Primary School | Good | (103/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Caldecote Primary School | School remains Good | (104/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Marleigh Primary Academy | Good | (110/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Barton CofE VA Primary School | Standards maintained | (112/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| The Icknield Primary School | Good | (114/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Mayfield Primary School | School remains Good | (118/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Fen Drayton Primary School | Good | (119/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Meridian Primary School | Requires improvement | (120/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Duxford Church of England Community Primary School | School remains Good | (121/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Queen Edith Primary School | Good | (122/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Waterbeach Community Primary School | Standards maintained | (124/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| The Grove Primary School | Good | (129/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Hardwick and Cambourne Community Primary School | Ofsted report card | (130/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Pendragon Community Primary School | Good | (135/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Morley Memorial Primary School | School remains Good | (142/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Cherry Hinton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Good | (148/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Willingham Primary School | School remains Good | (149/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Haslingfield Endowed Primary School | School remains Good | (157/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Great Abington Primary School | Good | (161/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Coton Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School | Requires improvement | (168/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Shirley Community Primary School | Good | (169/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Chesterton Primary School | Standards maintained | (171/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Orchard Park Community Primary School | School remains Good | (173/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Barrington CofE VC Primary School | School remains Good | (175/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| St Pauls CofE VA Primary School | Ofsted report card | (179/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| The Galfrid School | Good | (183/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| St Philip's CofE Aided Primary School | Ofsted report card | (193/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Over Primary School | Requires improvement | (195/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Linton CofE Infant School | Ofsted report card | — | — |
State secondary schools (17)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkside Community College | School remains Outstanding | 1st (1/34) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Chesterton Community College | Outstanding | Top 6% (2/34) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| St Bede's Inter-Church School | Outstanding | Top 9% (3/34) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology | School remains Good | Top 12% (4/34) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Impington Village College | Outstanding | Top 15% (5/34) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Coleridge Community College | Standards maintained | Top 18% (6/34) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Comberton Village College | Outstanding | Top 21% (7/34) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Trumpington Community College | Good | Top 24% (8/34) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Swavesey Village College | Outstanding | Top 27% (9/34) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Sawston Village College | School remains Good | Top 30% (10/34) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Cambourne Village College | Outstanding | Top 33% (11/34) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Cottenham Village College | Good | Top 39% (13/34) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Northstowe Learning Community | Good | Top 42% (14/34) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Bottisham Village College | Requires improvement | Top 50% (17/34) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Linton Village College | Good | (19/34) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| North Cambridge Academy | Standards maintained | (20/34) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| The Netherhall School | School remains Good | (23/34) in Cambridgeshire | — |
Sixth forms and colleges (4)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Maths School | Ofsted report card | 1st (1/18) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Hills Road Sixth Form College | Outstanding | Top 12% (2/18) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Long Road Sixth Form College | Good | (12/18) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Cambridge Regional College | Good | — | — |
Private schools (11)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Leys School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | Top 25% (3/12) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| St Mary's School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | Top 50% (6/12) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Mander Portman Woodward | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | (9/12) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Cambridge Arts and Sciences (CATS and CSVPA) | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards not met | (10/12) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| St. Andrew's College Cambridge | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | (12/12) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Cambridge Muslim Secondary School | — | — | — |
| Heritage School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| King's College School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| Landmark International School | — | — | — |
| St Faith's School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| St John's College School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)Detached£820,000
Semi-detached£550,000
Terraced£495,000
Flat or maisonette£320,000
The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (98 detached, 212 semi-detached, 376 terraced, 280 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Cambridge. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Cambridge →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)1railway station within 2 km: Cambridge Rail Station (1.1 miles)
95bus stops within 1 km of the town centre
Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 90% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 99%, on average across the 2,397 postcodes in CB1, CB24, CB4. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published prices95registered nurseries and pre-schools
£42 to £120a day, where 17 publish a day rate (the middle £100)
What Ofsted found: 20 outstanding; 2 strong or better in every area; 63 good, or expected standard; 10 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £7.04 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 95 in Cambridgeshire.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 19 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Cambridgeshire
The next dates for families applyingSecondary applications close31 Oct 2026
Primary applications close15 Jan 2027
Secondary offer day1 Mar 2027
Application deadlines and offer days: Cambridgeshire.
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