Chesterton Community College
Academy converter · Secondary
Cambridge · CB4 3NY · Cambridgeshire
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
1.0 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 136636
Parkside Community College
Academy converter · Cambridge · CB1 1EH
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–16
Pupils
667
Local authority
Cambridgeshire
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, 667 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 18%.
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Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 136636
Location
- Address
- Parkside
- Postcode
- CB1 1EH
- Town
- Cambridge
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- District
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 667
- Boys / girls
- 348 / 319
- School capacity
- 660
- Capacity fill
- 667 / 660 (101%)
- Free school meals
- 18%
- FSM pupils
- 120
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Academy trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Sponsor
- United Learning Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Dee Wallace
- Telephone
- 01223712600