Cromwell Community College, Chatteris

From the headteacher's welcome: "Cromwell Community College is a caring and ambitious community for pupils aged 4 to 18. As one of the few all-through schools in the country, we offer families a unique opportunity for children to grow, learn and succeed within one supportive environment - a safe place where they are known, valued and encouraged to achieve their very best."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care.

Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 12 November 2026 at 5pm. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Cromwell Community College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 42, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.3 in Cambridgeshire and 47 across England.

37% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 52% in Cambridgeshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 40.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.29: pupils made below 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 31.7, against 46.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 14.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 31 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 227 families put Cromwell Community College as their first choice and 329 named it as one of their preferences, for 234 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 5 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Cromwell Community College is one of 21 schools run by The Active Learning Trust Limited, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 36.8 in 2024/25.

Of the 241 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 83% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 48% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 5% into work.

Of the 67 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 51% went on to university or other higher education, 8% to apprenticeships and 33% into work. 13% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

6.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 381 pupils (24.8%) received SEN support and 83 (5.4%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Cromwell Community College.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cromwell Community College (outside), 50 metres away.

In 2024/25, Cromwell Community College issued 129 suspensions, 8.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Cromwell Community College are Glebelands Primary Academy (0.4 miles) and Kingsfield Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.