Trumpington Community College, Cambridge

In 2026, pupils at Trumpington Community College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 56.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.3 in Cambridgeshire and 47 across England.

67% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 52% in Cambridgeshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 50.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.61: 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 44.1, against 65 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 20.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were French, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 112 families put Trumpington Community College as their first choice and 243 named it as one of their preferences, for 121 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 6 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Trumpington Community College are Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 62.1); Coleridge Community College (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 58.7); Parkside Community College (1.7 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 65.9); and The Netherhall School (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.8).

Trumpington Community College's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Trumpington 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 78 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 90% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 18% to a further education college.

35.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 41.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (34%), Mixed (15%) and Asian (12%).

In 2026, 107 pupils (17.5%) received SEN support and 15 (2.4%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Cambridge South Station, about 960 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Trumpington Road (opposite), 170 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 195 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, Trumpington Community College issued 94 suspensions, 16.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Trumpington Community College are Fawcett Primary School (0.3 miles), Trumpington Park Primary School (0.7 miles), Trumpington Meadows Primary School (1.1 miles) and Newnham Croft Primary School (1.1 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.