Northstowe Learning Community
All-through schoolNorthstowe Learning Community is a all-through school in South Cambridgeshire, for pupils aged 4 to 19. It had 920 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), March 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 21 March 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Northstowe Learning Community was 52.8, against 51.6 in South Cambridgeshire and 46.2 in England.
59.5% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | Does not apply to this school | 59% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | Does not apply to this school | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 105 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | South Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 52.8 | 51.6 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 59.5% | 55.9% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 74% | 71.8% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 131 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- The Martin Bacon AcademySpecial. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade90 m
- Pathfinder CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2024. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Hatton Park Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, January 2024. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in South Cambridgeshire
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).