Abbey College, Ramsey
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84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.1
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Chesterton Community College
- Pupils on roll
- 1,126of 1,100 places
- Free school meals
- 17.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 190
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 25 February 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Chesterton Community College (URN 110865, until 1 July 2011).
What the data says
Of the 198 pupils who finished Year 11 at Chesterton Community College in 2023, 12% stayed on in Chesterton Community College’s own sixth form (Cambridgeshire average 24%), 13% went to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 66% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 68.0 against 46.1 across England and 48.1 in Cambridgeshire, with 84% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Physical Education is unusually popular at GCSE: 22% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Cambridgeshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Chesterton Community College | Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 198 | 6,392 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 90% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 12% | 24% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 66% | 32% | 13% |
| — further education college | 13% | 29% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Chesterton Community College | Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 68.0 | 48.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 84% | 50% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 92% | 68% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 54% | 46% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 6.35 | 4.36 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 14% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 48.1 | 32.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 71.2 | 52.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 13% | 14% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 190 | 100% | 89% | 53% | 20% | 91% |
| Mathematics | 190 | 100% | 88% | 58% | 22% | 94% |
| English Literature | 186 | 98% | 86% | 48% | 21% | 92% |
| Citizenship Studies | 156 | 82% | 3% | 56% | 19% | 92% |
| Geography | 121 | 64% | 41% | 70% | 25% | 97% |
| Combined Science | 108 | 57% | 65% | 43% | 9% | 83% |
| Biology | 80 | 42% | 23% | 95% | 45% | 99% |
| Physics | 80 | 42% | 23% | 96% | 46% | 99% |
| Chemistry | 79 | 42% | 23% | 96% | 47% | 99% |
| History | 63 | 33% | 41% | 62% | 26% | 84% |
| Spanish | 57 | 30% | 19% | 91% | 27% | 100% |
| Physical Education | 42 | 22% | 11% | 57% | 24% | 95% |
| French | 41 | 22% | 18% | 78% | 29% | 95% |
| Computer Science | 30 | 16% | 13% | 67% | 30% | 100% |
| Music | 27 | 14% | 5% | 70% | 33% | 100% |
| Drama | 24 | 13% | 7% | 92% | 27% | 96% |
| Media Studies | 19 | 10% | 4% | 63% | 20% | 89% |
| Classical Civilisation | 18 | 9% | 1% | 44% | 40% | 67% |
| Latin | 18 | 9% | 1% | 89% | 74% | 100% |
| Photography | 18 | 9% | 6% | 28% | 19% | 83% |
| Textiles | 18 | 9% | 2% | 44% | 27% | 100% |
| Fine Art | 15 | 8% | 9% | 67% | 28% | 93% |
| German | 12 | 6% | 5% | 92% | 33% | 100% |
| Religious Studies | 11 | 6% | 31% | 55% | 32% | 100% |
| Sociology | 8 | 4% | 4% | 75% | 21% | 100% |
| Classical Greek | 5 | 3% | 0% | — | 92% | — |
| Chinese | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Polish | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Portuguese | 3 | 2% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Turkish | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Japanese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Modern Greek | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 33% | — |
| Modern Hebrew | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 83% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 38 | 81% | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 18 | 38% | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 15 | 32% | — |
| Health Studies | 8 | 17% | — |
A levels and other level 3 courses
| Measure | Chesterton Community College | Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students at the end of 16–18 study | 97 | — | — |
| — of whom A level students | 47 | 3,369 | 261,341 |
| Average A level grade | B | B- | B- |
| Average points per A level entry | 40.49 | 37.39 | 35.00 |
| Average grade, best 3 A levels | B | B- | B- |
| AAB or better with two facilitating subjects | 26% | 23% | 18% |
| Average grade, applied general courses | — | — | — |
| Average grade, T levels | — | — | — |
A level subjects
Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 24 | 51% | 31% |
| Physics | 10 | 21% | 12% |
| History | 9 | 19% | 13% |
| Chemistry | 7 | 15% | 17% |
| Law | 7 | 15% | 4% |
| Computer Science | 7 | 15% | 5% |
| Economics | 7 | 15% | 13% |
| Psychology | 7 | 15% | 23% |
| Geography | 7 | 15% | 10% |
| Biology | 6 | 13% | 20% |
| Environmental Science | — | — | 1% |
| Film Studies | — | — | 2% |
| French | — | — | 1% |
| English Literature | — | — | 11% |
| German | — | — | 0% |
| Politics | — | — | 6% |
| English Language | — | — | 4% |
| Latin | — | — | 0% |
| Classical Civilisation | — | — | 1% |
| Fine Art | — | — | 3% |
| Further Mathematics | — | — | 5% |
| Ancient History | — | — | 0% |
| Religious Studies | — | — | 4% |
| Sociology | — | — | 13% |
| Spanish | — | — | 2% |
Applied, technical and other level 3 courses
| Subject | Qualification | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study Skills | Extended Project (Diploma) | 12 | 26% | — |
| Mathematical Studies | Core Maths Qualifications at Level 3 | — | — | — |
| Social Science | VRQ Level 3 | — | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.