UK Schools
Chesterton Community College
Chesterton Community College is a mixed secondary academy in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire County Council, teaching 1,126 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted graded quality of education as Outstanding at its most recent inspection in February 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 68 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 12 December 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Chesterton Community College.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Chesterton Community College.
- 1–2 Professional Days (No students in school)
- 3 Start of Academic Year (All students in school)
- 23–31 Autumn Half Term
- 12 Last Day of Autumn Term
- 13–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day (Bank Holiday)
- 26 Boxing Day (Bank Holiday)
- 1–4 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day (Bank Holiday)
- 5 Start of Spring Term (All students in school)
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 27 Last Day of Spring Term
- 28–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–12 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday (Bank Holiday)
- 6 Easter Monday (Bank Holiday)
- 13 Start of Summer Term (All students in school)
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday (No students in school)
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday (Bank Holiday)
- 17 End of Academic Year / Last Day of Summer Term
- 18–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday (Bank Holiday)
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Professional Days (No students in school) Sep 1-2, 2025 Event
- Start of Academic Year (All students in school) Sep 3, 2025 Event
- Autumn Half Term Oct 23-31, 2025 Holiday
- Last Day of Autumn Term Dec 12, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 13, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026 Holiday
- Start of Spring Term (All students in school) Jan 5, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Last Day of Spring Term Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Mar 28 - Apr 12, 2026 Holiday
- Start of Summer Term (All students in school) Apr 13, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday (No students in school) May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- End of Academic Year / Last Day of Summer Term Jul 17, 2026 Term
- Summer Holiday Jul 18 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day (Bank Holiday) Jan 1, 2026 Holiday
- Good Friday (Bank Holiday) Apr 3, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Monday (Bank Holiday) Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday (Bank Holiday) May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday (Bank Holiday) Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day (Bank Holiday) Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day (Bank Holiday) Dec 26, 2025 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Chesterton Community College with Cambridgeshire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 68 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 40.49 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 10.2% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 92% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Chesterton Community College. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Chesterton Community College than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.