Schools and Education in Grantchester

There are 96 schools within 5 miles of Grantchester town centre, including 45 primary and 11 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 91% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include Mander Portman Woodward, University of Cambridge and Homerton Early Years Centre. A further 6 schools are rated below Good, so checking individual Ofsted reports is recommended.

Total Schools
96
Primary
45
Secondary
11
Good / Outstanding
91%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

9
53
6
Outstanding (9) Good (53) Requires Improvement (6) Not yet inspected (28)
Mander Portman Woodward 1.6 miles Brookside, Cambridge, CB2 1JE Inspected: 19 December 2019 University of Cambridge 2 miles Trinity Lane, The Old Schools, Cambridge, CB2 1TN Inspected: 24 October 2024 Homerton Early Years Centre Nursery 2.1 miles Holbrook Road, Cambridge, CB1 7ST Inspected: 17 September 2021 Parkside Community College Secondary 2.2 miles Parkside, Cambridge, CB1 1EH Inspected: 15 June 2023 University of Cambridge Primary School Primary 2.2 miles Ada Lovelace Road, Cambridge, CB3 0QZ Inspected: 12 February 2025 Brunswick Nursery School Nursery 2.6 miles Young Street, Cambridge, CB1 2LZ Inspected: 22 November 2022 Colleges Nursery School Nursery 3.5 miles Campkin Road, Cambridge, CB4 2LD Inspected: 19 September 2024 Gretton School 4.6 miles Manor Farm Road, Girton, Cambridge, CB3 0RX Inspected: 15 March 2024 The Cavendish School 4.7 miles New Road, Impington, CB24 9LY Inspected: 03 May 2024
Trumpington Meadows Primary School Primary 0.8 miles Kestrel Rise, Trumpington, Cambridge, CB2 9AY Inspected: 20 July 2023 Fawcett Primary School Primary 0.9 miles Alpha Terrace, Trumpington, Cambridge, CB2 9FS Inspected: 21 January 2022 Trumpington Community College Secondary 1.1 miles Lime Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 9FD Inspected: 24 January 2024 Trumpington Park Primary School Primary 1.2 miles Hobson Avenue, Trumpington, Cambridge, CB2 9EG Inspected: 24 March 2022 Newnham Croft Primary School Primary 1.3 miles Chedworth Street, Cambridge, CB3 9JF Inspected: 09 July 2024 Long Road Sixth Form College 16 plus 1.5 miles Long Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PX Inspected: 13 March 2025 Heritage School 1.6 miles Brookside, Cambridge, CB2 1JE Inspected: 06 November 2014 Abbey College Cambridge 1.6 miles Purbeck Road, Purbeck Road, Cambridgeshire, CB2 8EB Inspected: 25 April 2017 Barton CofE VA Primary School Primary 1.7 miles School Lane, Barton, Cambridge, CB23 7BD Inspected: 09 June 2025 St Pauls CofE VA Primary School Primary 1.8 miles Coronation Street, Cambridge, CB2 1HJ Inspected: 20 July 2021 Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology Secondary 1.9 miles Dame Mary Archer Way, Cambridge, CB2 0SZ Inspected: 27 June 2023 Morley Memorial Primary School Primary 2.1 miles Blinco Grove, Cambridge, CB1 7TX Inspected: 20 March 2024 Cardiff Sixth Form College, Cambridge 2.2 miles Mill Road, Cambridge, CB1 2AW Inspected: 12 June 2024 Hauxton Primary School Primary 2.3 miles Jopling Way, Hauxton, Cambridge, CB22 5HY Inspected: 27 July 2023 Park Street CofE Primary School Primary 2.3 miles Lower Park Street, Cambridge, CB5 8AR Inspected: 07 March 2023 Ridgefield Primary School Primary 2.4 miles Radegund Road, Cambridge, CB1 3RL Inspected: 15 June 2023 St Matthew's Primary School Primary 2.4 miles Norfolk Street, Cambridge, CB1 2LD Inspected: 12 May 2025 Queen Edith Primary School Primary 2.4 miles Godwin Way, Cambridge, CB1 8QP Inspected: 19 September 2023 Coleridge Community College Secondary 2.5 miles Radegund Road, Cambridge, CB1 3RJ Inspected: 22 January 2025 Queen Emma Primary School Primary 2.7 miles Gunhild Way, Cambridge, CB1 8QY Inspected: 14 September 2023 Great and Little Shelford CofE (Aided) Primary School Primary 2.7 miles Church Street, Great Shelford, Cambridge, CB22 5EL Inspected: 27 June 2024 Haslingfield Endowed Primary School Primary 2.7 miles High Street, Haslingfield, Cambridge, CB23 1JW Inspected: 28 April 2023 St Philip's CofE Aided Primary School Primary 2.9 miles Vinery Way, Cambridge, CB1 3DR Inspected: 17 January 2022 The Netherhall School Secondary 2.9 miles Queen Edith's Way, Cambridge, CB1 8NN Inspected: 25 April 2024 Holme Court School 2.9 miles Daws Lane, Cherry Hinton Road, Cambridge, CB1 8DW Inspected: 19 September 2025 Cambridge International School 2.9 miles Daws Lane, Cherry Hinton Road, CB1 8DW Inspected: 13 September 2019 Mayfield Primary School Primary 3 miles Warwick Road, Cambridge, CB4 3HN Inspected: 17 May 2023 OA - Cambridge 3 miles Ascham Road, Cambridge, CB4 2BD Inspected: 30 September 2022 Arbury Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Carlton Way, Cambridge, CB4 2DE Inspected: 09 November 2023 The Fields Child and Family Centre 3.4 miles Galfrid Road, Galfrid Road, Cambridge, CB5 8ND Inspected: 02 November 2010 The Fields Nursery School Nursery 3.4 miles Galfrid Road, Cambridge, CB5 8ND Inspected: 11 June 2024 The Galfrid School Primary 3.4 miles Galfrid Road, Cambridge, CB5 8ND Inspected: 04 December 2023 North Cambridge Academy Secondary 3.4 miles Arbury Road, Kings Hedges, Cambridge, CB4 2JF Inspected: 20 March 2025 Cherry Hinton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary 3.5 miles High Street, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, CB1 9HH Inspected: 15 September 2023 Chesterton Primary School Primary 3.6 miles Green End Road, Chesterton, Cambridge, CB4 1RW Inspected: 01 May 2025 Cherry Hinton Child and Family Site 3.7 miles Fulbourn Old Drift, Fulbourn Old Drift, Cambridge, CB1 9ND Inspected: 25 October 2013 Bewick Bridge Community Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Fulbourn Old Drift, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, CB1 9ND Inspected: 02 February 2022 St Laurence Catholic Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Arbury Road, Cambridge, CB4 2JX Inspected: 11 June 2024 The Grove Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Campkin Road, Cambridge, CB4 2NB Inspected: 22 January 2024 Orchard Park Community Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Ring Fort Road, Orchard Park, Cambridge, CB4 2GR Inspected: 01 July 2022 Kings Hedges Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Northfield Avenue, Cambridge, CB4 2HU Inspected: 16 January 2025 King's Hedges Nursery School Nursery 3.9 miles Northfield Avenue, Cambridge, CB4 2HU Inspected: 09 May 2023 Shirley Community Primary School Primary 4.1 miles Nuffield Road, Chesterton, Cambridge, CB4 1TF Inspected: 25 April 2024 Barrington CofE VC Primary School Primary 4.1 miles Haslingfield Road, Barrington, Cambridge, CB22 7RG Inspected: 24 June 2022 Girton Glebe Primary School Primary 4.1 miles Cambridge Road, Girton, Cambridge, CB3 0PN Inspected: 21 October 2022 Cambridge Regional College 16 plus 4.2 miles Kings Hedges Road, Kings Hedges Road, Cambridge, CB4 2QT Inspected: 22 March 2023 Teversham CofE VA Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Church Road, Teversham, Cambridge, CB1 9AZ Inspected: 24 May 2022 Hardwick and Cambourne Community Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Limes Road, Hardwick, Cambridge, CB23 7RE Inspected: 14 January 2022 Sawston Village College Secondary 4.6 miles New Road, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3BP Inspected: 28 June 2023 Selwyn Hall School 4.7 miles Hall Close, Foxton, Cambridge, CB22 6SE Inspected: 19 January 2026 Foxton Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Edis Way, Foxton, Cambridge, CB22 6RN Inspected: 25 January 2023 Histon Early Years Centre Nursery 4.8 miles New School Road, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9LL Inspected: 30 September 2022 The Bellbird Primary School Primary 5 miles Link Road, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3GB Inspected: 19 September 2024
Trumpington Child and Family Zone 0.9 miles Alpha Terrace, Alpha Terrace, Cambridge, CB2 9FS Inspected: 07 November 2013 Coton Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School Primary 2.7 miles Whitwell Way, Coton, Cambridge, CB23 7PW Inspected: 02 January 2024 St Luke's CofE Primary School Primary 2.7 miles French's Road, Cambridge, CB4 3JZ Inspected: 18 July 2023 Castle School, Cambridge 3 miles Courtney Way, Cambridge, CB4 2EE Inspected: 26 June 2024 The Spinney Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Hayster Drive, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, CB1 9PB Inspected: 19 January 2024 Waldorf Cambridge School 4.7 miles Hinton Road, Fulbourn, CB21 5DZ Inspected: 19 September 2025
St Faith's School 1.3 miles Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 8AG St Mary's School 1.6 miles Bateman Street, cambridge, CB2 1LY The Leys School 1.6 miles Bateman Street, Cambridge, CB2 7AD St Alban's Catholic Primary School Primary 1.7 miles Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EN The Stephen Perse Foundation 1.7 miles Union Road, Cambridge, CB2 1HF Hills Road Sixth Form College 16 plus 1.7 miles Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PE King's College School 1.7 miles West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DN The Perse School 1.8 miles Hills Road (cycleway), Cambridge, CB2 8QF St. Andrew's College Cambridge 1.8 miles Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2JB Inspected: 18 January 2019 Sancton Wood School 1.9 miles St Paul's Road, CB1 2EZ St John's College School 2.1 miles Grange Road, Cambridge, CB3 9AB Cambridge Maths School 16 plus 2.3 miles Mill Road, Cambridge, CB1 2AZ Cambridge Muslim Secondary School 2.4 miles Radegund Road, Cambridge, CB1 3RH Chesterton Community College Secondary 2.9 miles Gilbert Road, Cambridge, CB4 3NY St Bede's Inter-Church School Secondary 2.9 miles Birdwood Road, Cambridge, CB1 3TD Inspected: 02 July 2024 Harston and Newton Primary School Primary 2.9 miles High Street, Harston, Cambridge, CB22 7PX Milton Road Primary School Primary 3 miles Ascham Road, Cambridge, CB4 2BD Meridian Primary School Primary 3.1 miles Harbour Avenue, Comberton, Cambridge, CB23 7DD Cambridge Arts and Sciences (CATS and CSVPA) 3.2 miles High Street, Chesterton, Cambridge, CB4 1NQ Stapleford Community Primary School Primary 3.3 miles Bar Lane, Stapleford, Cambridge, CB22 5BJ Colville Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Colville Road, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, CB1 9EJ North Cambridge Child and Family Centre 3.5 miles Campkin Road, Campkin Road, Cambridge, CB4 2LD Inspected: 14 March 2012 Comberton Village College Secondary 3.7 miles West Street, Comberton, Cambridge, CB23 7DU Chesterton Child and Family Centre 4.1 miles Nuffield Road, Nuffield Road, Cambridge, CB4 1TF Inspected: 23 July 2012 Marleigh Primary Academy Primary 4.2 miles Marleigh Avenue, Cambridge, CB5 8BG Fen Ditton Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridge, CB5 8SZ Impington Village College Secondary 4.8 miles New Road, Impington, Cambridge, CB24 9LX Sawston Child and Family Zone 5 miles Link Road, Link Road, Sawston, CB22 3GB