Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology, Cambridge

In 2026, pupils at Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology averaged an Attainment 8 score of 62.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.3 in Cambridgeshire and 47 across England.

70% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 52% in Cambridgeshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 56.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.45: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 54.5, against 64.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Biology, Chemistry and Physics.

Across Cambridgeshire, 88% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 97% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Cambridgeshire lodged 380 appeals against secondary school offers; 306 reached a hearing and 92 succeeded (30.1% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology are Trumpington Community College (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 56.6); The Netherhall School (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.8); Coleridge Community College (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 58.7); and St Bede's Inter-Church School (1.5 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 62.9).

Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology is one of 98 schools run by United Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49 in 2024/25.

Of the 103 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 92% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 18% to a further education college and 1% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 71 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 56% went on to university or other higher education, 7% to apprenticeships and 20% into work. 12% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

31.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (44%), Asian (14%) and Mixed (9%).

In 2026, 135 pupils (29.7%) received SEN support and 5 (1.1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

The nearest railway station is Cambridge South Station, about 690 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Dame Mary Archer Way (near), 40 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 121 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and bicycle theft. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Cambridgeshire (57), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology issued 33 suspensions, 7.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology are Queen Edith Primary School (0.8 miles), Trumpington Park Primary School (0.9 miles), Morley Memorial Primary School (0.9 miles) and Fawcett Primary School (1 mile). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.