Northstowe Learning Community, Cambridge

From the headteacher's welcome: "It is a privilege to lead a school at the heart of the new town of Northstowe. As the town continues to grow and flourish, so too does our Learning Community, creating a vibrant environment where children and young people can learn, thrive and achieve together."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care.

Coming up: an open evening on Wednesday 4 November 2026 at 5.30pm and an open day on Wednesday 2 December 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Northstowe Learning Community averaged an Attainment 8 score of 52.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.3 in Cambridgeshire and 47 across England.

60% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 52% in Cambridgeshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 51.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.3: 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 35.1, against 56.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 21 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 171 families put Northstowe Learning Community as their first choice and 331 named it as one of their preferences, for 179 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Northstowe Learning Community are Cottenham Village College (2.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 52.9); Impington Village College (3.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 61.4); Swavesey Village College (3.3 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 55.7); and North Cambridge Academy (4.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.6).

Northstowe Learning Community's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Northstowe Learning Community is one of 36 schools run by Meridian Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46.9 in 2024/25.

Of the 92 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 26% to a further education college, 5% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Northstowe Learning Community had 59 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

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

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Northstowe Learning Community stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Northstowe Learning Community issued 74 suspensions, 9.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Northstowe Learning Community are Pathfinder CofE Primary School (0.7 miles), Hatton Park Primary School (0.9 miles) and Oakington CofE Primary School (1.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.