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Trumpington Community College

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formCambridgeshire, East of England · Cambridge CB2 9FDTrust: United Learning TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
613
Free school meals
35.1%
Year 11 cohort 2025
89
Ofsted
Good, 28 November 2023Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Trumpington Community College (URN 141946, until 1 September 2017).

What the data says

Trumpington Community College has no sixth form. Of the 76 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 71% moved to a sixth form college, 11% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.

Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 71% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.

French is unusually popular at GCSE: 70% of the year group took it, against 18% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 50.4 against 46.1 across England and 48.1 in Cambridgeshire, with 55% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

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.

This school
Cambridgeshire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolCambridgeshireEngland
Pupils in the cohort766,392607,348
Any sustained destination88%93%92%
Stayed in education87%87%86%
— school sixth form4%24%34%
— sixth form college71%32%13%
— further education college11%29%37%
— other education1%2%2%
Apprenticeship1%3%3%
Employment0%3%3%
No sustained destination8%5%6%
Destination unknown4%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolCambridgeshireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)50.448.146.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths55%50%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths70%68%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects75%46%41%
EBacc average point score4.874.364.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort40%24%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils36.432.534.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils59.852.850.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language29%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics8798%88%33%22%77%
English Language8798%89%26%20%70%
English Literature8596%86%39%21%74%
French6270%18%40%29%65%
Geography5258%41%52%25%79%
Combined Science5157%65%2%9%51%
Business Studies4449%18%23%20%70%
Physics3236%23%69%46%100%
Chemistry3236%23%72%47%100%
Biology3236%23%81%45%100%
History2730%41%33%26%63%
Spanish1719%19%47%27%76%
Food Preparation and Nutrition1213%8%8%21%67%
Design and Technology1112%11%36%23%73%
Music910%5%33%33%67%
Drama78%7%0%27%57%
Computer Science78%13%71%30%100%
Art and Design78%7%0%24%100%
Religious Studies44%31%32%
Russian44%0%87%
Portuguese33%0%50%
Polish33%1%84%
Turkish22%0%71%
Arabic11%1%47%
Modern Hebrew11%0%83%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sports Studies27
Health Studies8
Additional Mathematics FSMQ5

Other secondary schools in Cambridgeshire

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84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.1

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.