Parkside Community College, Cambridge

In 2026, pupils at Parkside Community College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 65.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.3 in Cambridgeshire and 47 across England.

82% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 52% in Cambridgeshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 63.5 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.8: pupils made well 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 46.1, against 69 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 22.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were French, History and Physics.

For September 2026 entry, 135 families put Parkside Community College as their first choice and 541 named it as one of their preferences, for 113 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 34 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Parkside Community College are Chesterton Community College (1 mile, Outstanding, Attainment 8 65.4); Coleridge Community College (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 58.7); North Cambridge Academy (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.6); and Trumpington Community College (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 56.6).

Parkside Community College's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Parkside Community College 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 123 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 90% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 6% to a further education college and 2% into work.

Of the 36 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 42% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 28% into work. 17% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

53.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (37%), Mixed (13%) and Asian (9%).

In 2026, 131 pupils (19.6%) received SEN support and 15 (2.2%) 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 a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is Cambridge Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

41 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Parkside (bay 16), 110 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 900 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Cambridgeshire (57), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Parkside Community College issued 43 suspensions, 6.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Parkside Community College are St Matthew's Primary School (0.2 miles), St Alban's Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles), Park Street CofE Primary School (0.5 miles) and St Pauls CofE VA Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.