Councils · England · Cambridgeshire
Schools in Cambridgeshire, and the dates that matter.
Every state school in the council area — 212 primary, 35 secondary — with Cambridgeshire’s application deadlines, offer days, and where to apply. One page, kept current from official sources.
September 2027 entry · Sources: Primary council source · Secondary council source
Primary · Reception 2027
15 January 2027
National deadline. Offers arrive 16 April. We suggest submitting by 8 January to stay clear of the rush.
Apply on Cambridgeshire's portal →Verify the exact date on the council's scheme →Secondary · Year 7 2027
31 October 2026
National deadline. Offers arrive 1 March. Grammar tests, where they apply, happen even earlier. We suggest submitting by 24 October to stay clear of the rush.
Apply on Cambridgeshire's portal →Verify the exact date on the council's scheme →01 / EVERY SCHOOL IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Find your shortlist.
All 300 state and independent schools in the council area, straight from the Department for Education’s register. Open any school for admissions details, Ofsted history and open days.
Primary · 212
Abbots Ripton CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Alconbury CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Alderman Jacobs School
Ofsted · Good
Alderman Payne Primary School
Ofsted · Good
All Saints Interchurch Academy
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Arbury Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Babraham CofE (VC) Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Bar Hill Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Barnabas Oley CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Barrington CofE VC Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Barton CofE VA Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Bassingbourn Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Beaupre Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Benwick Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Bewick Bridge Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Bottisham Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Bourn CofE Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Brampton Village Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Brington CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Buckden CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Burrough Green CofE Primary Academy
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Burrowmoor Primary Academy
Ofsted · Inadequate
Burwell Village College (Primary)
Ofsted · Good
Bury CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Bushmead Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Caldecote Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Castle Camps Church of England (Controlled) Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Cavalry Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Cherry Hinton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Chesterton Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Cheveley CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Clarkson Infants School
Ofsted · Good
Coates Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Colville Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Coton Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Cottenham Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Cromwell Academy
Ofsted · Good
Cromwell Community College
Ofsted · Good
Crosshall Infant School
Ofsted · Good
Crosshall Junior School
Ofsted · Good
Ditton Lodge Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Downham Feoffees Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Dry Drayton CofE (C) Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Duxford Church of England Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Earith Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Eastfield Infant and Nursery School
Ofsted · Good
Elm CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Elm Road Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Elsworth CofE VA Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Ely St John's Community Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Ely St Mary's CofE Junior School
Ofsted · Good
Ermine Street Church Academy
Ofsted · Good
Eynesbury CofE C Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Farcet CofE (C) Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Fawcett Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Fen Ditton Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Fen Drayton Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Fenstanton and Hilton Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Folksworth CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Fordham CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Fourfields Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Fowlmere Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Foxton Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Friday Bridge Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Fulbourn Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Gamlingay Village Primary
Ofsted · Good
Girton Glebe Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Glebelands Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Godmanchester Bridge Academy
Ofsted · Good
Godmanchester Community Academy
Ofsted · Good
Gorefield Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Great Abington Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Great Paxton CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Great Staughton Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy
Ofsted · Inadequate
Great and Little Shelford CofE (Aided) Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Guilden Morden CofE Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Guyhirn CofE VC Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Hardwick and Cambourne Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Harston and Newton Primary School
Not judged yet
Hartford Infant and Preschool
Ofsted · Good
Hartford Junior School
Ofsted · Good
Haslingfield Endowed Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Hatton Park Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Hauxton Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Hemingford Grey Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Histon and Impington Brook Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Histon and Impington Park Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Holme CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Holywell CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Houghton Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Huntingdon Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Isle of Ely Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Isleham Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Jeavons Wood Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Kennett Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Kettlefields Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Kimbolton Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Kinderley Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Kings Hedges Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Kingsfield Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Lantern Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Leverington Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Linton CofE Infant School
Ofsted · Good
Linton Heights Junior School
Ofsted · Good
Lionel Walden Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Little Paxton Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Little Thetford CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Littleport Community Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Manea Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Marleigh Primary Academy
Not judged yet
Mayfield Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Meadow Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Melbourn Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Meldreth Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Mepal and Witcham Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Meridian Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Middlefield Primary Academy
Ofsted · Outstanding
Millfield Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Milton Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Milton Road Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Monkfield Park Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Morley Memorial Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Murrow Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
New Road Primary & Nursery School
Ofsted · Good
Newnham Croft Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Northstowe Learning Community
Ofsted · Good
Oakington CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Offord Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Orchard Park Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Orchards Church of England Academy
Ofsted · Not judged
Over Primary School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Park Lane Primary & Nursery School
Ofsted · Good
Park Street CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Pathfinder CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Peckover Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Pendragon Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Petersfield CofE Aided Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Priory Junior School
Ofsted · Good
Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School
Ofsted · Good
Queen Edith Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Queen Emma Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Ramnoth Junior School
Ofsted · Good
Ramsey Junior School
Ofsted · Good
Ramsey Spinning Infant School
Ofsted · Good
Ridgefield Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Robert Arkenstall Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Sawtry Infants' School
Ofsted · Not judged
Sawtry Junior Academy
Ofsted · Good
Shirley Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Somersham Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Spaldwick Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Spring Meadow Infant School
Ofsted · Good
St Alban's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
St Andrew's CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Anne's CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Helen's Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St John's CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Laurence Catholic Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Luke's CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots
Ofsted · Good
St Matthew's Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Pauls CofE VA Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School
Ofsted · Good
St Philip's CofE Aided Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Stapleford Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Steeple Morden CofE VC Primary School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Stilton Church of England Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Stretham Community Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Stukeley Meadows Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Sutton CofE VC Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Swaffham Bulbeck Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Swaffham Prior Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Swavesey Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Teversham CofE VA Primary School
Ofsted · Good
The Ashbeach Primary School
Ofsted · Good
The Bellbird Primary School
Ofsted · Good
The Elton CofE Primary School of the Foundation of Frances and Jane Proby
Ofsted · Good
The Galfrid School
Ofsted · Good
The Grove Primary School
Ofsted · Good
The Icknield Primary School
Ofsted · Good
The Nene Infant & Nursery School
Ofsted · Good
The Newton Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
The Rackham Church of England Primary School and Pre-School
Ofsted · Not judged
The Round House Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
The Shade Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
The Spinney Primary School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
The Vine Inter-Church Primary School
Ofsted · Good
The Weatheralls Primary School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Thomas Eaton Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Thongsley Fields Primary and Nursery School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Thorndown Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Thriplow CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Townley Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Trumpington Meadows Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Trumpington Park Primary School
Ofsted · Good
University of Cambridge Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Upwood Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Warboys Primary Academy
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Waterbeach Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Westfield Junior School
Ofsted · Good
Westwood Primary School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Wheatfields Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Wilburton CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
William Westley Church of England VC Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
William de Yaxley Church of England Academy
Ofsted · Good
Willingham Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Winhills Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Wintringham Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Wisbech St Mary CofE Academy
Ofsted · Good
Wyton on the Hill Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Yaxley Infant School
Ofsted · Good
Secondary · 35
Abbey College, Ramsey
Ofsted · Good
Bassingbourn Village College
Ofsted · Good
Bottisham Village College
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Cambourne Village College
Ofsted · Outstanding
Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology
Ofsted · Good
Chesterton Community College
Ofsted · Outstanding
Coleridge Community College
Ofsted · Good
Comberton Village College
Ofsted · Not judged
Cottenham Village College
Ofsted · Good
Cromwell Community College
Ofsted · Good
Ely College
Ofsted · Good
Ernulf Academy
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Hinchingbrooke School
Ofsted · Good
Impington Village College
Ofsted · Good
Linton Village College
Ofsted · Good
Longsands Academy
Ofsted · Good
Melbourn Village College
Ofsted · Inadequate
Neale-Wade Academy
Ofsted · Requires improvement
North Cambridge Academy
Ofsted · Good
Northstowe Learning Community
Ofsted · Good
Parkside Community College
Ofsted · Outstanding
Sawston Village College
Ofsted · Good
Sawtry Village Academy
Ofsted · Good
Sir Harry Smith Community College
Ofsted · Good
Soham Village College
Ofsted · Outstanding
St Bede's Inter-Church School
Ofsted · Outstanding
St Ivo Academy
Ofsted · Good
St Peter's School
Ofsted · Good
Swavesey Village College
Ofsted · Outstanding
The Netherhall School
Ofsted · Good
The Wisbech Academy
Not judged yet
Thomas Clarkson Academy
Ofsted · Good
Trumpington Community College
Ofsted · Good
Vista Academy Littleport
Ofsted · Inadequate
Witchford Village College
Ofsted · Good
Special & other · 55
Abbey College Cambridge
Not judged yet
Active Learning Trust Linc 19 - 25
Ofsted · Good
Aurora Fairway School
Ofsted · Good
Aurora Meldreth Manor School
Ofsted · Good
Begdale House School
Ofsted · Good
Cambian Home Tree School
Ofsted · Good
Cambian Wisbech School
Ofsted · Good
Cambridge Arts and Sciences (CATS and CSVPA)
Not judged yet
Cambridge International School
Ofsted · Good
Cambridge Maths School
Not judged yet
Cambridge Muslim Secondary School
Not judged yet
Cambridge Regional College
Ofsted · Good
Cardiff Sixth Form College, Cambridge
Ofsted · Good
Castle School, Cambridge
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Granta School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Gretton School
Ofsted · Good
Heritage School
Not judged yet
Highfield Ely Academy
Ofsted · Good
Highfield Littleport Academy
Ofsted · Good
Hills Road Sixth Form College
Not judged yet
Holme Court School
Ofsted · Good
Hope Tree School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Kimbolton School
Not judged yet
King's College School
Not judged yet
King's Ely
Not judged yet
Landmark International School
Ofsted · Good
Long Road Sixth Form College
Not judged yet
Mander Portman Woodward
Ofsted · Outstanding
Meadowgate Academy
Ofsted · Outstanding
On Track Education Wisbech
Ofsted · Good
Papworth Hall School
Not judged yet
Prestley Wood Academy
Not judged yet
Red Balloon Learner Centre - Cambridge
Not judged yet
Riverside Meadows Academy
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Samuel Pepys School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Sancton Wood School
Not judged yet
Selwyn Hall School
Ofsted · Good
Shelldene House School
Ofsted · Good
Spring Common Academy
Ofsted · Outstanding
St Faith's School
Not judged yet
St John's College School
Not judged yet
St Mary's School
Not judged yet
St. Andrew's College Cambridge
Not judged yet
The Cavendish School
Ofsted · Outstanding
The Centre School
Ofsted · Good
The Harbour School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
The Leys School
Not judged yet
The Martin Bacon Academy
Ofsted · Not judged
The Old School House
Ofsted · Requires improvement
The Perse School
Not judged yet
The Stephen Perse Foundation
Not judged yet
Waldorf Cambridge School
Ofsted · Good
Walnut Tree School Ltd
Not judged yet
Whitehall School
Not judged yet
Wisbech Grammar School
Not judged yet
02 / HOW APPLYING WORKS HERE
One form, through Cambridgeshire.
If you live in Cambridgeshire, you apply through the council’s own portal — even for schools in another council’s area.
Preferences
List as many schools as the form allows — you’ll see the limit when you start your application. Rank in your true order; schools never see it.
Own-criteria schools
Some Cambridgeshire secondaries are academies or faith schools that set their own entry criteria — check each school’s page for extra forms before the deadline.
Plain-English guides
Primary admissions, explained
The 15 January deadline and how Reception offers work.
Secondary admissions, explained
The 31 October deadline and the traps that come earlier.
How school appeals work
Your right to appeal, and honest odds of success.
Waiting lists, explained
How they're ordered, and why positions move both ways.
03 / NEARBY
Looking across the border?
Families near Cambridgeshire often also shortlist schools in these neighbouring council areas.