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Schools in Cambridgeshire

307 schools in the Cambridgeshire local authority.

Schools

307

Open schools

Pupils

102,161

2025–26 census

Good or better

92%

220 of 238 graded

Academic Performance

4.9

out of 10 · 278 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
16 7%
Good
204 86%
Requires improvement
15 6%
Inadequate
3 1%
24 inspected since 2024, no overall grade20 superseded by a report card45 not judged4 in a category of concern2 safeguarding not effective
4.9
Academic Performance

Averaged over 278 of 307 schools that can be scored

Pupils

102,161

pupils on roll

Boys 51%49% Girls

Roll from 305 of 307 schools (102,161 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Ethnicity

White
78%
Asian
6%
Black
3%
Mixed
8%
Chinese
1%
Any other group
2%
Unclassified
2%

Ethnicity from 268 of 307 schools (91,161 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
22.4%

20,451 of 91,161 pupils · 268 of 307 schools

First language not English
17.2%

15,635 of 91,161 pupils · 268 of 307 schools

Young carers
2.4%

2,212 of 90,615 pupils · 261 of 307 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
213
Secondary
41
All-through
9
Special
17
Nursery
7
PRU
3
Not recorded
17

Top primary schools in Cambridgeshire

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Cambridgeshire

The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 307 schools in Cambridgeshire — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Cambridgeshire

How many schools are there in Cambridgeshire?
Cambridgeshire has 307 open schools — 213 primary, 41 secondary, 17 special, 7 nursery, teaching 102,161 pupils in total.
How many schools in Cambridgeshire are rated Good or Outstanding?
220 of the 238 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 92% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 16 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 307: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Cambridgeshire?
4.9 out of 10, averaged across the 278 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Cambridgeshire schools have no Ofsted rating?
69 schools in Cambridgeshire currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Cambridgeshire local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Cambridgeshire covers 307 schools and sits in the East of England region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Cambridgeshire are eligible for free school meals?
22.4% — 20,451 of 91,161 pupils at the 268 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the East of England region.