Schools and Education in Newnham

There are 99 schools within 5 miles of Newnham town centre, including 48 primary and 10 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 92% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include Mander Portman Woodward, University of Cambridge and Parkside Community College. There are 6 schools rated below Good, making individual research important for families.

Total Schools
99
Primary
48
Secondary
10
Good / Outstanding
92%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

10
55
6
Outstanding (10) Good (55) Requires Improvement (6) Not yet inspected (28)
Mander Portman Woodward 0.4 miles Brookside, Cambridge, CB2 1JE Inspected: 19 December 2019 University of Cambridge 0.6 miles Trinity Lane, The Old Schools, Cambridge, CB2 1TN Inspected: 24 October 2024 Parkside Community College Secondary 0.8 miles Parkside, Cambridge, CB1 1EH Inspected: 15 June 2023 Brunswick Nursery School Nursery 1.3 miles Young Street, Cambridge, CB1 2LZ Inspected: 22 November 2022 University of Cambridge Primary School Primary 1.6 miles Ada Lovelace Road, Cambridge, CB3 0QZ Inspected: 12 February 2025 Homerton Early Years Centre Nursery 1.8 miles Holbrook Road, Cambridge, CB1 7ST Inspected: 17 September 2021 Colleges Nursery School Nursery 2.1 miles Campkin Road, Cambridge, CB4 2LD Inspected: 19 September 2024 The Cavendish School 3.4 miles New Road, Impington, CB24 9LY Inspected: 03 May 2024 Gretton School 3.6 miles Manor Farm Road, Girton, Cambridge, CB3 0RX Inspected: 15 March 2024 Histon and Impington Park Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Garden Walk, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9AQ Inspected: 19 July 2024
Newnham Croft Primary School Primary 0.1 miles Chedworth Street, Cambridge, CB3 9JF Inspected: 09 July 2024 Heritage School 0.4 miles Brookside, Cambridge, CB2 1JE Inspected: 06 November 2014 St Pauls CofE VA Primary School Primary 0.6 miles Coronation Street, Cambridge, CB2 1HJ Inspected: 20 July 2021 Park Street CofE Primary School Primary 1 miles Lower Park Street, Cambridge, CB5 8AR Inspected: 07 March 2023 Cardiff Sixth Form College, Cambridge 1 miles Mill Road, Cambridge, CB1 2AW Inspected: 12 June 2024 St Matthew's Primary School Primary 1.1 miles Norfolk Street, Cambridge, CB1 2LD Inspected: 12 May 2025 Abbey College Cambridge 1.1 miles Purbeck Road, Purbeck Road, Cambridgeshire, CB2 8EB Inspected: 25 April 2017 Fawcett Primary School Primary 1.4 miles Alpha Terrace, Trumpington, Cambridge, CB2 9FS Inspected: 21 January 2022 Trumpington Community College Secondary 1.5 miles Lime Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 9FD Inspected: 24 January 2024 Long Road Sixth Form College 16 plus 1.5 miles Long Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PX Inspected: 13 March 2025 Morley Memorial Primary School Primary 1.5 miles Blinco Grove, Cambridge, CB1 7TX Inspected: 20 March 2024 Ridgefield Primary School Primary 1.5 miles Radegund Road, Cambridge, CB1 3RL Inspected: 15 June 2023 OA - Cambridge 1.6 miles Ascham Road, Cambridge, CB4 2BD Inspected: 30 September 2022 Coleridge Community College Secondary 1.7 miles Radegund Road, Cambridge, CB1 3RJ Inspected: 22 January 2025 Mayfield Primary School Primary 1.7 miles Warwick Road, Cambridge, CB4 3HN Inspected: 17 May 2023 St Philip's CofE Aided Primary School Primary 1.8 miles Vinery Way, Cambridge, CB1 3DR Inspected: 17 January 2022 Trumpington Park Primary School Primary 1.8 miles Hobson Avenue, Trumpington, Cambridge, CB2 9EG Inspected: 24 March 2022 Arbury Primary School Primary 1.9 miles Carlton Way, Cambridge, CB4 2DE Inspected: 09 November 2023 Trumpington Meadows Primary School Primary 1.9 miles Kestrel Rise, Trumpington, Cambridge, CB2 9AY Inspected: 20 July 2023 North Cambridge Academy Secondary 2 miles Arbury Road, Kings Hedges, Cambridge, CB4 2JF Inspected: 20 March 2025 Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology Secondary 2 miles Dame Mary Archer Way, Cambridge, CB2 0SZ Inspected: 27 June 2023 Queen Edith Primary School Primary 2.1 miles Godwin Way, Cambridge, CB1 8QP Inspected: 19 September 2023 The Fields Child and Family Centre 2.2 miles Galfrid Road, Galfrid Road, Cambridge, CB5 8ND Inspected: 02 November 2010 The Fields Nursery School Nursery 2.2 miles Galfrid Road, Cambridge, CB5 8ND Inspected: 11 June 2024 The Galfrid School Primary 2.2 miles Galfrid Road, Cambridge, CB5 8ND Inspected: 04 December 2023 Queen Emma Primary School Primary 2.2 miles Gunhild Way, Cambridge, CB1 8QY Inspected: 14 September 2023 Chesterton Primary School Primary 2.2 miles Green End Road, Chesterton, Cambridge, CB4 1RW Inspected: 01 May 2025 The Grove Primary School Primary 2.3 miles Campkin Road, Cambridge, CB4 2NB Inspected: 22 January 2024 Holme Court School 2.3 miles Daws Lane, Cherry Hinton Road, Cambridge, CB1 8DW Inspected: 19 September 2025 Cambridge International School 2.3 miles Daws Lane, Cherry Hinton Road, CB1 8DW Inspected: 13 September 2019 St Laurence Catholic Primary School Primary 2.4 miles Arbury Road, Cambridge, CB4 2JX Inspected: 11 June 2024 The Netherhall School Secondary 2.5 miles Queen Edith's Way, Cambridge, CB1 8NN Inspected: 25 April 2024 Orchard Park Community Primary School Primary 2.5 miles Ring Fort Road, Orchard Park, Cambridge, CB4 2GR Inspected: 01 July 2022 Barton CofE VA Primary School Primary 2.6 miles School Lane, Barton, Cambridge, CB23 7BD Inspected: 09 June 2025 Kings Hedges Primary School Primary 2.6 miles Northfield Avenue, Cambridge, CB4 2HU Inspected: 16 January 2025 King's Hedges Nursery School Nursery 2.6 miles Northfield Avenue, Cambridge, CB4 2HU Inspected: 09 May 2023 Shirley Community Primary School Primary 2.7 miles Nuffield Road, Chesterton, Cambridge, CB4 1TF Inspected: 25 April 2024 Cherry Hinton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary 2.8 miles High Street, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, CB1 9HH Inspected: 15 September 2023 Cambridge Regional College 16 plus 2.8 miles Kings Hedges Road, Kings Hedges Road, Cambridge, CB4 2QT Inspected: 22 March 2023 Cherry Hinton Child and Family Site 3 miles Fulbourn Old Drift, Fulbourn Old Drift, Cambridge, CB1 9ND Inspected: 25 October 2013 Bewick Bridge Community Primary School Primary 3 miles Fulbourn Old Drift, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, CB1 9ND Inspected: 02 February 2022 Girton Glebe Primary School Primary 3.1 miles Cambridge Road, Girton, Cambridge, CB3 0PN Inspected: 21 October 2022 Teversham CofE VA Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Church Road, Teversham, Cambridge, CB1 9AZ Inspected: 24 May 2022 Hauxton Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Jopling Way, Hauxton, Cambridge, CB22 5HY Inspected: 27 July 2023 Histon Early Years Centre Nursery 3.6 miles New School Road, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9LL Inspected: 30 September 2022 Great and Little Shelford CofE (Aided) Primary School Primary 3.6 miles Church Street, Great Shelford, Cambridge, CB22 5EL Inspected: 27 June 2024 Red Balloon Learner Centre - Cambridge 3.9 miles High Street, Milton, Cambridge, CB24 6DF Inspected: 07 April 2011 Hope Tree School 3.9 miles Butt Lane, Manor Farm, Cambridgeshire, CB24 9NG Inspected: 05 December 2024 Milton Church of England Primary School Primary 4 miles Humphries Way, Milton, Cambridge, CB24 6DL Inspected: 19 January 2024 Haslingfield Endowed Primary School Primary 4.1 miles High Street, Haslingfield, Cambridge, CB23 1JW Inspected: 28 April 2023 Hardwick and Cambourne Community Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Limes Road, Hardwick, Cambridge, CB23 7RE Inspected: 14 January 2022 Fulbourn Primary School Primary 4.7 miles School Lane, Fulbourn, Cambridge, CB21 5BH Inspected: 22 November 2022 Oakington CofE Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Water Lane, Oakington, Cambridge, CB24 3AL Inspected: 15 November 2023 Landmark International School 4.8 miles Church Lane, Fulbourn, Cambridge, CB21 5EP Inspected: 15 September 2025 Dry Drayton CofE (C) Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Park Street, Dry Drayton, Cambridge, CB23 8DA Inspected: 15 May 2023
Trumpington Child and Family Zone 1.4 miles Alpha Terrace, Alpha Terrace, Cambridge, CB2 9FS Inspected: 07 November 2013 St Luke's CofE Primary School Primary 1.4 miles French's Road, Cambridge, CB4 3JZ Inspected: 18 July 2023 Castle School, Cambridge 1.6 miles Courtney Way, Cambridge, CB4 2EE Inspected: 26 June 2024 The Spinney Primary School Primary 2.5 miles Hayster Drive, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, CB1 9PB Inspected: 19 January 2024 Coton Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School Primary 2.6 miles Whitwell Way, Coton, Cambridge, CB23 7PW Inspected: 02 January 2024 Waldorf Cambridge School 4.1 miles Hinton Road, Fulbourn, CB21 5DZ Inspected: 19 September 2025
The Leys School 0.4 miles Bateman Street, Cambridge, CB2 7AD St Alban's Catholic Primary School Primary 0.5 miles Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EN The Stephen Perse Foundation 0.5 miles Union Road, Cambridge, CB2 1HF St Mary's School 0.5 miles Bateman Street, cambridge, CB2 1LY King's College School 0.5 miles West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DN St Faith's School 0.7 miles Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 8AG Sancton Wood School 0.8 miles St Paul's Road, CB1 2EZ St. Andrew's College Cambridge 0.8 miles Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2JB Inspected: 18 January 2019 St John's College School 0.9 miles Grange Road, Cambridge, CB3 9AB Hills Road Sixth Form College 16 plus 1.1 miles Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PE Cambridge Maths School 16 plus 1.2 miles Mill Road, Cambridge, CB1 2AZ Chesterton Community College Secondary 1.5 miles Gilbert Road, Cambridge, CB4 3NY The Perse School 1.6 miles Hills Road (cycleway), Cambridge, CB2 8QF Cambridge Muslim Secondary School 1.6 miles Radegund Road, Cambridge, CB1 3RH Milton Road Primary School Primary 1.6 miles Ascham Road, Cambridge, CB4 2BD Cambridge Arts and Sciences (CATS and CSVPA) 1.8 miles High Street, Chesterton, Cambridge, CB4 1NQ North Cambridge Child and Family Centre 2.1 miles Campkin Road, Campkin Road, Cambridge, CB4 2LD Inspected: 14 March 2012 St Bede's Inter-Church School Secondary 2.1 miles Birdwood Road, Cambridge, CB1 3TD Inspected: 02 July 2024 Chesterton Child and Family Centre 2.7 miles Nuffield Road, Nuffield Road, Cambridge, CB4 1TF Inspected: 23 July 2012 Colville Primary School Primary 2.9 miles Colville Road, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, CB1 9EJ Marleigh Primary Academy Primary 3.1 miles Marleigh Avenue, Cambridge, CB5 8BG Fen Ditton Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridge, CB5 8SZ Impington Village College Secondary 3.5 miles New Road, Impington, Cambridge, CB24 9LX Meridian Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Harbour Avenue, Comberton, Cambridge, CB23 7DD Histon and Impington Brook Primary School Primary 3.8 miles The Green, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9JA Stapleford Community Primary School Primary 4 miles Bar Lane, Stapleford, Cambridge, CB22 5BJ Harston and Newton Primary School Primary 4.3 miles High Street, Harston, Cambridge, CB22 7PX Comberton Village College Secondary 4.4 miles West Street, Comberton, Cambridge, CB23 7DU