List of schools in Cambridgeshire
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Secondary Schools
- Ailwyn School (RamseyRamsey, CambridgeshireRamsey is a small Cambridgeshire market town and parish, north of Huntingdon and St Ives. For local government purposes it lies in the district of Huntingdonshire within the local government county of Cambridgeshire....
) - Bassingbourn Village CollegeBassingbourn Village CollegeBassingbourn Village College is a comprehensive school in Bassingbourn, just across the Cambridgeshire border from Royston, Hertfordshire. It currently has around 670 registered full time students. The college teaches students from Year 7 to Year 11....
(BassingbournBassingbourn cum KneesworthBassingbourn cum Kneesworth is a civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England, 14 miles south-west of Cambridge. Since the 1960s the parish contains the villages of Bassingbourn and Kneesworth and is situated just north of Royston in Hertfordshire...
) - Bottisham Village CollegeBottisham Village CollegeBottisham Village College is a comprehensive secondary school located in Cambridgeshire, England. The school opened in 1937 as the second village college in part of the Local Director of Education Henry Morris' vision for providing a good quality education for local people in the countryside around...
(BottishamBottishamBottisham is a village and civil parish in the East Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England, about east of Cambridge, halfway to Newmarket. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,983.-Church:...
) - Chesterton Community CollegeChesterton Community CollegeChesterton Community College is a secondary school serving students ranging in age from 11 to 16. It is an LEA maintained college with a thousand pupils and 120 staff...
(CambridgeCambridgeThe city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
) - City of Ely Community College (ElyEly, CambridgeshireEly is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England, 14 miles north-northeast of Cambridge and about by road from London. It is built on a Lower Greensand island, which at a maximum elevation of is the highest land in the Fens...
) - Coleridge Community CollegeColeridge Community CollegeColeridge Community College is a state secondary school with 600 places for children aged 11–16, situated in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. The school is now a member of the Parkside Federation along with Parkside Community College. Previously, it had been placed on special measures, and was...
(Cambridge) - Comberton Village CollegeComberton Village CollegeComberton Village College is a secondary school in Comberton.Comberton Village College was opened in 1960. As a Cambridgeshire Village College, it was designed to be a centre for the life of its community and to provide quality education for pupils aged between 11 and 16.In 1974, the school became...
(CombertonCombertonComberton is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England, just east of the Prime Meridian.-History:Archaeological finds, including a Neolithic polished stone axe and a Bronze Age barrow , suggest there has been a settlement here for thousands of years. A Roman villa was discovered...
) - Cottenham Village College (CottenhamCottenhamCottenham is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. It is close to The Fens. Before the fens were drained in the 19th century Cottenham was on the last contour before the waterlogged marshes, with Ely being the nearest dry land around to the north-east....
) - Cromwell Community College (Chateris)
- Hinchingbrooke SchoolHinchingbrooke SchoolHinchingbrooke School is a large school situated on the outskirts of Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire. Originally all of the surrounding land—including what is now Huntingdon Town—comprised the grounds of Hinchingbrooke House. In fact, the Town was given the name "Huntingdon" as the owners of the house...
(HuntingdonHuntingdonHuntingdon is a market town in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was chartered by King John in 1205. It is the traditional county town of Huntingdonshire, and is currently the seat of the Huntingdonshire district council. It is known as the birthplace in 1599 of Oliver Cromwell.-History:Huntingdon...
) - Impington Village College (Impington)
- Linton Village CollegeLinton Village CollegeLinton Village College is a comprehensive Community College with foundation and Business and Enterprise College status in Linton, South Cambridgeshire. - Feeder schools :From the ages of 4 to 11, pupils are educated at their local village primary schools...
(LintonLinton, CambridgeshireLinton is a village in rural Cambridgeshire, England, on the border with Essex. It has been expanded much since the 1960s and is now one of many dormitory villages around Cambridge. The railway station was on the Stour Valley Railway between Cambridge and Colchester, now closed. The Rivey Hill...
) - Longsands CollegeLongsands CollegeLongsands is a coeducational secondary school in the town of St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, England. It offers state funded education.-History:Longsands College was opened in September 1960 as "Longsands School", a Secondary Modern, under its original headmaster Harold K Whiting assisted by Deputy...
(St NeotsSt NeotsSt Neots is a town and civil parish with a population of 26,356 people. It lies on the River Great Ouse in Huntingdonshire District, approximately north of central London, and is the largest town in Cambridgeshire . The town is named after the Cornish monk St...
) - Melbourn Village CollegeMelbourn Village CollegeMelbourn Village College is an Academy, located in Melbourn, Cambridgeshire, England that serves an extensive area of South Cambridgeshire. The school has over 500 students aged 11-16.-Village College:...
(MelbournMelbournMelbourn is a large village in the far south west of Cambridgeshire, England. It is located next to the A10 just north of Royston. Melbourn has over 4,400 inhabitants...
) - Parkside Community CollegeParkside Community CollegeParkside Community College is a state secondary school with 600 places for children aged 11–16, situated in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. It is part of the Parkside Federation, along with Coleridge Community College-Admissions:...
(Cambridge) - Ramsey Abbey School (RamseyRamsey, CambridgeshireRamsey is a small Cambridgeshire market town and parish, north of Huntingdon and St Ives. For local government purposes it lies in the district of Huntingdonshire within the local government county of Cambridgeshire....
) - Sawston Village CollegeSawston Village CollegeSawston Village College, the first community college in the country and the first Village College, was founded in 1930 and realised the vision of Henry Morris, then Secretary of Education for Cambridgeshire....
(SawstonSawstonSawston is a large village in Cambridgeshire in England, situated on the River Cam seven miles south of Cambridge. It has a population of 7,150...
) - Sawtry Community CollegeSawtry Community CollegeSawtry Community College is a Maths and Computing specialist, located in Sawtry, Cambridgeshire. There are 1402 pupils on the roll. .-Current management:The principal is currently Mr James Stewart...
(SawtrySawtrySawtry is a village in the district of Huntingdonshire in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. The village is home to over people.-Location:...
) - Sir Harry Smith Community CollegeSir Harry Smith Community CollegeSir Harry Smith Community College is a secondary school in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. Opened in 1954 on the former site of the Whittlesea Workhouse, which was demolished in the 1930s, the College is named after 19th Century English Army General Sir Harry Smith who was born in Whittlesey, and whose...
(WhittleseyWhittleseyWhittlesey, historically known as Whittlesea as the name of the railway station is still spelt, or Witesie, is an ancient Fenland market town around six miles east of Peterborough in the county of Cambridgeshire in England...
) - Soham Village CollegeSoham Village CollegeSoham Village College is a state secondary school with specialist Foundation Technology College and Language College status in Soham, Cambridgeshire, England. It has around 1350 students, aged 11 to 16. It has a wide catchment area which does not include Ely, although some students from Ely and the...
(SohamSohamSoham is a small town in the English county of Cambridgeshire. It lies just off the A142 between Ely and Newmarket . Its population is 9,102 , and it is within the district of East Cambridgeshire.-Archaeology:...
) - St Bede's School (Cambridge)
- St Ivo SchoolSt Ivo SchoolSt Ivo School is a secondary school in St. Ives, Cambridgeshire.-Awards:ICT MARK - this award shows that St Ivo is at the forefront of using information and communication technology to enhance teaching and learning. The new quality mark recognises schools who can demonstrate they use ICT to...
(St IvesSt Ives, CambridgeshireSt Ives is a market town in Cambridgeshire, England, around north-west of the city of Cambridge and north of London. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Huntingdonshire.-History:...
) - St Neots Community College (Eynesbury)
- St Peter's School (Huntingdon)
- Swavesey Village CollegeSwavesey Village CollegeSwavesey Village College is a village college in the village of Swavesey in south Cambridgeshire. As of 2010 the school has around 1,200 students. The school was officially opened on 14 November 1958...
(SwaveseySwaveseySwavesey is a village lying on the Greenwich Meridian in Cambridgeshire, England, with an approximate population of 2,480. The village is situated 9 miles to the north west of Cambridge and 3 miles south east of St...
) - The Manor Community College (Cambridge)
- The Netherhall School (Cambridge)
- Thomas Clarkson Community College (WisbechWisbechWisbech is a market town, inland port and civil parish with a population of 20,200 in the Fens of Cambridgeshire. The tidal River Nene runs through the centre of the town and is spanned by two bridges...
) - Witchford Village CollegeWitchford Village CollegeWitchford Village College is a secondary school in the village of Witchford. Currently, over 850 students, aged 11 to 16, and approximately 30 teachers...
(WitchfordWitchfordWitchford is a small village near Ely in Cambridgeshire, England.Witchford houses the secondary school Witchford Village College that serves all of the surrounding villages, including Haddenham, Little Thetford, Mepal, Stretham, Sutton, Wilburton and Witcham.The village hosts the Grunty Fen Half...
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Primary Schools
- Abbey Meadows (formerly known as Priory)
- Alderman Jacobs School (WhittleseyWhittleseyWhittlesey, historically known as Whittlesea as the name of the railway station is still spelt, or Witesie, is an ancient Fenland market town around six miles east of Peterborough in the county of Cambridgeshire in England...
) - Burwell Village College (Primary)
- Bushmead
- Bassingbourn
- Caldecote Primury
- Cavalry Primary (MarchMarchMarch is in present time held to be the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is one of the seven months which are 31 days long....
) - Cherry Hinton Juniors
- Histon and Impington Infants School (Impington)
- Histon and Impington Junior School (HistonHistonHiston and Impington are villages in Cambridgeshire, England, They are situated just north of Cambridge with the main bulk of the settlements being separated from the city by the A14 road ....
) - Kings Hedges Primary School (Cambridge)
- Little Paxton County Primary
- Mayfield Primary School
- Meadow Community (BalshamBalshamBalsham is a rural village and civil parish in the county of Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom which has much expanded since the 1960s and is now one of several dormitory settlements of Cambridge...
) - Middlefield Community
- Morley Memorial Primary School
- New Road Primary School (WhittleseyWhittleseyWhittlesey, historically known as Whittlesea as the name of the railway station is still spelt, or Witesie, is an ancient Fenland market town around six miles east of Peterborough in the county of Cambridgeshire in England...
) - Park Lane Primary School (WhittleseyWhittleseyWhittlesey, historically known as Whittlesea as the name of the railway station is still spelt, or Witesie, is an ancient Fenland market town around six miles east of Peterborough in the county of Cambridgeshire in England...
) - Queen Edith's
- St Laurence Catholic Primary School (Cambridge)
- St Matthew'sSt Matthew's Primary SchoolSt Matthew’s Primary School is a primary school in Cambridge, England.Situated in the , St Matthew’s is a non-denominational school catering for around 420 children aged between 3 and 11 , also with an affiliated after-school kids’ club....
- St Philip's Church of England School
- The Spinney School
- Winhills
Nursery Schools
- Brunswick Nursery School (CambridgeCambridgeThe city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
) - Colleges Nursery School (Cambridge)
- Histon Nursery School (HistonHistonHiston and Impington are villages in Cambridgeshire, England, They are situated just north of Cambridge with the main bulk of the settlements being separated from the city by the A14 road ....
) - Homerton Nursery School (Cambridge)
- Huntingdon Nursery School (HuntingdonHuntingdonHuntingdon is a market town in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was chartered by King John in 1205. It is the traditional county town of Huntingdonshire, and is currently the seat of the Huntingdonshire district council. It is known as the birthplace in 1599 of Oliver Cromwell.-History:Huntingdon...
) - The Fields Early Years Centre (Cambridge)
Special Schools
- Chartwell House School (NewtonNewton, CambridgeshireNewton is a civil parish and small village in Cambridgeshire, England. Situated around 7 miles to the south-west of Cambridge, its lies on the old coaching road between London and Cambridge...
) - Downham Lodge School (Little DownhamLittle DownhamSituated in the east of Cambridgeshire, the village of Little Downham is located just north of the city of Ely. The Parish of Little Downham comprises Little Downham and Pymoor...
) - Farrow House School (WisbechWisbechWisbech is a market town, inland port and civil parish with a population of 20,200 in the Fens of Cambridgeshire. The tidal River Nene runs through the centre of the town and is spanned by two bridges...
) - Green Hedges School (StaplefordStapleford, CambridgeshireStapleford is a village located approximately four miles to the south of Cambridge, in the county of Cambridgeshire, in eastern England on the right hand bank of the River Granta. Stapleford is first mentioned in 956 when it was given the Latinised name of Stapelforda, formerly Stapleton. Unlike...
) - Highfield Special School (ElyEly, CambridgeshireEly is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England, 14 miles north-northeast of Cambridge and about by road from London. It is built on a Lower Greensand island, which at a maximum elevation of is the highest land in the Fens...
) - Meadowgate School (Wisbech)
- Meldreth Manor School (MeldrethMeldrethMeldreth is a village in South Cambridgeshire with about 1,600 inhabitants lying around 10 miles south-west of Cambridge.-History:The village of Meldreth grew in Saxon times, and the parish is home to Mettle Hill that was probably the original meeting place of Armingford Hundred...
) - Park House, Thorney
- Rees Thomas Special School (CambridgeCambridgeThe city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
) - Samuel Pepys School (St NeotsSt NeotsSt Neots is a town and civil parish with a population of 26,356 people. It lies on the River Great Ouse in Huntingdonshire District, approximately north of central London, and is the largest town in Cambridgeshire . The town is named after the Cornish monk St...
) - Spring Common School (HuntingdonHuntingdonHuntingdon is a market town in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was chartered by King John in 1205. It is the traditional county town of Huntingdonshire, and is currently the seat of the Huntingdonshire district council. It is known as the birthplace in 1599 of Oliver Cromwell.-History:Huntingdon...
) - The Harbour School (WilburtonWilburtonWilburton is a small village of just over 1,000 inhabitants, situated in Cambridgeshire, England. It is 6 miles south west of Ely.While nominally an agricultural village, many of the inhabitants work in Cambridge, Ely or London.-History:...
) - The Lady Adrian Special School (Cambridge)
- The Old School House (Friday BridgeFriday BridgeFriday Bridge is a Swedish pop band. The band has released two EPs and two albums since 2004. Friday Bridge's sound has been described as a mix between 1980s electronic pop and music from the 18th century - particularly referring to the use of harpsichord...
) - The Windmill Special School (FulbournFulbournFulbourn is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. The term for a resident of the village is "Fulbourner".- Geography :Fulbourn lies about five miles south-east of the centre of Cambridge, separated from the outer city boundary by farmland and the grounds of Fulbourn Hospital. The village itself is...
) - Thriftwood School ChelmsfordChelmsfordChelmsford is the county town of Essex, England and the principal settlement of the borough of Chelmsford. It is located in the London commuter belt, approximately northeast of Charing Cross, London, and approximately the same distance from the once provincial Roman capital at Colchester...
Independent Schools
- Bellerby's Tutotrial College (secondary, CambridgeCambridgeThe city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
) - Bellerbys College Cambridge (secondary, Cambridge)
- Cambridge Arts & Sciences (secondary, Cambridge)
- Cambridge Centre for Sixth-form StudiesCambridge Centre for Sixth-form StudiesCambridge Centre for Sixth-form Studies is an independent sixth form college located on Station Road off Hills Road in central Cambridge, England.The college offers GCSE and GCE courses...
(Post 16, Station Road, Cambridge) - Kimbolton SchoolKimbolton SchoolKimbolton School is a British HMC co-educational Public day and boarding school located in the village of Kimbolton, in rural Cambridgeshire but close to the borders of Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire, educating approximately 950 boys and girls between the ages of 4 and 18, with an almost even...
(secondary, KimboltonKimbolton, CambridgeshireKimbolton is a large village in Cambridgeshire, England. It is approximately east of Higham Ferrers, west of St Neots and west of Cambridge, north of Bedford and south of Peterborough.-Castle:...
) - Mander Portman Woodward (secondary, Cambridge)
- Sancton Wood School (secondary, Cambridge)
- St Andrew's College (secondary, Cambridge)
- St Andrew's SchoolSt. Andrew's School (Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire)St. Andrew's School is a private church school in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England. Established as a boarding school in 1961, it became a day school in 1985...
(secondary, Cambridge) - St Mary's School (secondary, Cambridge)
- The King's School, ElyThe King's School, ElyThe King's School, Ely, is a coeducational independent day and boarding school in the cathedral city of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. It was founded in 970 A.D., making it one of the oldest schools in the world, though it was given its Royal Charter by King Henry VIII in 1541...
(secondary, ElyEly, CambridgeshireEly is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England, 14 miles north-northeast of Cambridge and about by road from London. It is built on a Lower Greensand island, which at a maximum elevation of is the highest land in the Fens...
) - The Leys SchoolThe Leys SchoolThe Leys School is a co-educational Independent school, located in Cambridge, England, and is a day and boarding school for about 550 pupils aged between 11 and 18 years...
(secondary, Cambridge) - The Perse SchoolThe Perse SchoolThe Perse Upper School is an independent secondary co-educational day school in Cambridge, England. The school was founded in 1615 by Dr Stephen Perse, a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and has existed on several different sites in the city before its present home on Hills...
(secondary, Cambridge) - The Perse School for Girls (secondary, Cambridge)
- The Red Balloon Learner CentreThe Red Balloon Learner CentreThe Red Balloon Learner Centres, often referred to as the Red Balloon, are UK specialist learner centres in Cambridge, Harrow, Merseyside, Warwick and Norwich, England, providing a safe full-time learning environment for children aged eleven to sixteen...
(secondary, Cambridge) - Wisbech Grammar SchoolWisbech Grammar SchoolWisbech Grammar School is a co-educational independent school in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire for students ages 11 to 18. Founded by the Wisbech Guild of the Holy Trinity in 1379, it is one of the oldest schools in the country. The present headmaster is N.J.G. Hammond, a member of the Headmasters' and...
(secondary, WisbechWisbechWisbech is a market town, inland port and civil parish with a population of 20,200 in the Fens of Cambridgeshire. The tidal River Nene runs through the centre of the town and is spanned by two bridges...
) - Peterborough High SchoolPeterborough High SchoolThis article is about the school in Peterborough, England. For the school in Peterborough, South Australia with the same name, see Peterborough, South Australia....
(secondary, PeterboroughPeterboroughPeterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of in June 2007. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. Situated north of London, the city stands on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea...
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Further Education Colleges
- Cambridge Regional CollegeCambridge Regional CollegeCambridge Regional College is a college of further education located in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.-College profile:The college, which has some of the best facilities in the country after a £23 million development programme, is a centre of vocational excellence offering courses in a wide...
(CambridgeCambridgeThe city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
) - Hills Road Sixth Form CollegeHills Road Sixth Form CollegeHills Road Sixth Form College is a state funded co-educational sixth form college in Cambridge, England, providing full-time AS and A-level courses for approximately 1,800 sixth form students from the surrounding area and a wide variety of courses to around 4,000 part-time students of all ages in...
(Cambridge) - Huntingdonshire Regional CollegeHuntingdonshire Regional CollegeHuntingdonshire Regional College is a further education college located in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. The college is based in the towns of Huntingdon and St Neots....
(HuntingdonHuntingdonHuntingdon is a market town in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was chartered by King John in 1205. It is the traditional county town of Huntingdonshire, and is currently the seat of the Huntingdonshire district council. It is known as the birthplace in 1599 of Oliver Cromwell.-History:Huntingdon...
) - Isle College (WisbechWisbechWisbech is a market town, inland port and civil parish with a population of 20,200 in the Fens of Cambridgeshire. The tidal River Nene runs through the centre of the town and is spanned by two bridges...
) - Long Road Sixth Form CollegeLong Road Sixth Form CollegeLong Road Sixth Form College is a state funded co-educational sixth form college in Cambridge, England. It is situated on Long Road, from which it draws its name, and is also located next to the Bio-Medical Campus which encompasses Addenbrooke's Hospital...
(Cambridge) - Neale-Wade Community CollegeNeale-Wade Community CollegeNeale-Wade Community College is a British college in March, Cambridgeshire, that can trace its history back to 1696 when William Neale left an estate, the income of which was to help educate 8 poor boys. In 1717, Henry Wade left £20 per annum to pay for a schoolmaster to teach 20 poor children of...
(MarchMarch, CambridgeshireMarch is a Fenland market town and civil parish in the Isle of Ely area of Cambridgeshire, England. March was the county town of the Isle of Ely, a separate administrative county between 1889 and 1965, and is now the administrative centre of Fenland District Council.The town was an important...
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