Cambridgeshire school admissions

For a September 2027 start, secondary applications close on 31 Oct 2026 and primary applications on 15 Jan 2027. Always confirm details on the council's own admissions page.

How to apply

Apply online through the council where you live, naming several schools in order of preference — including schools in other council areas. Every preference is considered equally against each school's admission criteria, and you're offered the highest-ranked school that can offer you a place.

Cambridgeshire admissions page GOV.UK: School admissions

Council link checked 6 Nov 2026.

Key dates for September 2027

Secondary applications close	31 Oct 2026	School Admissions Code 2021, para 2.24
Primary (reception) applications close	15 Jan 2027	School Admissions Code 2021, para 2.24
Secondary national offer day	1 Mar 2027	1 March or next working day
Primary national offer day	16 Apr 2027	16 April or next working day

Appeals

The council hasn't published a single appeal date we've confirmed. By law you must have at least 20 school days from the date of your refusal letter.

Counting school days from Cambridgeshire's term dates, 20 school days after offer day is 13 Apr 2027 (secondary) and 17 May 2027 (primary) — the earliest any deadline can be.

Source: School Admissions Code and School Admission Appeals Code (Open Government Licence v3.0).

Applications and offers by school, 2026/27

Catchment areas and admission decisions are made by the school's admissions authority (the local council or, for academies and many faith schools, the school or trust). Distances and past figures don't guarantee a place.

Secondary schools (34)

School	Places offered	All applications	First preferences	First preferences offered	Applications per offer
Abbey College, Ramsey	197	286	211	194	1.5 per offer
Bassingbourn Village College	120	217	114	108	1.8 per offer
Bottisham Village College	250	340	194	194	1.4 per offer
Cambourne Village College	289	519	344	282	1.8 per offer
Chesterton Community College	174	633	293	172	3.6 per offer
Coleridge Community College	125	245	59	59	2.0 per offer
Comberton Village College	281	607	309	277	2.2 per offer
Cottenham Village College	142	197	104	104	1.4 per offer
Cromwell Community College	234	329	227	222	1.4 per offer
Ely College	261	417	304	251	1.6 per offer
Ernulf Academy	145	206	123	123	1.4 per offer
Hinchingbrooke School	329	673	423	326	2.0 per offer
Impington Village College	232	584	267	211	2.5 per offer
Linton Village College	145	295	170	139	2.0 per offer
Longsands Academy	275	339	209	209	1.2 per offer
Melbourn Village College	102	133	70	70	1.3 per offer
Neale-Wade Academy	223	256	214	214	1.1 per offer
North Cambridge Academy	150	180	68	68	1.2 per offer
Northstowe Learning Community	179	331	171	171	1.8 per offer
Parkside Community College	113	541	135	101	4.8 per offer
Sawston Village College	231	351	238	219	1.5 per offer
Sawtry Village Academy	173	275	182	168	1.6 per offer
Sir Harry Smith Community College	206	229	190	190	1.1 per offer
Soham Village College	257	477	333	256	1.9 per offer
St Bede's Inter-Church School	177	473	288	173	2.7 per offer
St Ivo Academy	179	256	169	169	1.4 per offer
St Peter's School	218	317	156	156	1.5 per offer
Swavesey Village College	259	433	245	244	1.7 per offer
The Netherhall School	201	360	154	154	1.8 per offer
The Wisbech Academy	99	177	54	54	1.8 per offer
Thomas Clarkson Academy	223	324	239	212	1.5 per offer
Trumpington Community College	121	243	112	106	2.0 per offer
Vista Academy Littleport	115	125	71	71	1.1 per offer
Witchford Village College	167	282	164	155	1.7 per offer

Primary schools (201)

School	Places offered	All applications	First preferences	First preferences offered	Applications per offer
Abbots Ripton CofE Primary School	17	57	25	15	3.4 per offer
Alconbury CofE Primary School	30	79	31	27	2.6 per offer
Alderman Jacobs School	89	142	92	88	1.6 per offer
Alderman Payne Primary School	15	22	16	15	1.5 per offer
All Saints Interchurch Academy	23	36	23	23	1.6 per offer
Arbury Primary School	42	91	30	30	2.2 per offer
Babraham CofE (VC) Primary School	5	33	5	5	6.6 per offer
Bar Hill Community Primary School	18	24	18	18	1.3 per offer
Barnabas Oley CofE Primary School	20	45	26	19	2.3 per offer
Barrington CofE VC Primary School	28	49	27	27	1.8 per offer
Barton CofE VA Primary School	16	39	15	14	2.4 per offer
Bassingbourn Primary School	40	54	38	38	1.4 per offer
Beaupre Community Primary School	26	33	25	25	1.3 per offer
Benwick Primary School	14	14	13	13	1.0 per offer
Bewick Bridge Community Primary School	30	52	29	29	1.7 per offer
Bottisham Community Primary School	20	28	20	20	1.4 per offer
Bourn CofE Primary Academy	20	34	19	19	1.7 per offer
Brampton Village Primary School	90	118	95	90	1.3 per offer
Brington CofE Primary School	17	21	18	17	1.2 per offer
Buckden CofE Primary School	44	89	43	43	2.0 per offer
Burrough Green CofE Primary Academy	12	22	11	11	1.8 per offer
Burrowmoor Primary Academy	53	82	46	46	1.5 per offer
Burwell Village College (Primary)	46	73	41	41	1.6 per offer
Bury CofE Primary School	30	64	27	27	2.1 per offer
Bushmead Primary School	60	94	60	57	1.6 per offer
Caldecote Primary School	22	38	22	22	1.7 per offer
Castle Camps Church of England (Controlled) Primary School	19	27	18	17	1.4 per offer
Cavalry Primary School	60	97	72	60	1.6 per offer
Cherry Hinton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	10	23	10	10	2.3 per offer
Chesterton Primary School	24	40	17	17	1.7 per offer
Cheveley CofE Primary School	19	31	16	16	1.6 per offer
Clarkson Infants School	52	66	44	44	1.3 per offer
Coates Primary School	30	47	38	30	1.6 per offer
Colville Primary School	20	40	18	18	2.0 per offer
Coton Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School	12	17	11	11	1.4 per offer
Cottenham Primary School	65	93	65	65	1.4 per offer
Cromwell Academy	18	44	16	16	2.4 per offer
Cromwell Community College	29	60	31	29	2.1 per offer
Crosshall Infant School	76	117	73	73	1.5 per offer
Ditton Lodge Primary School	30	51	29	28	1.7 per offer
Downham Feoffees Primary Academy	22	27	21	21	1.2 per offer
Dry Drayton CofE (C) Primary School, and Pre-School	9	17	9	9	1.9 per offer
Duxford Church of England Community Primary School	22	31	20	20	1.4 per offer
Earith Primary School	12	23	12	12	1.9 per offer
Eastfield Infant and Nursery School	50	89	49	49	1.8 per offer
Elm CofE Primary School	21	32	20	20	1.5 per offer
Elm Road Primary School	30	62	33	30	2.1 per offer
Elsworth CofE VA Primary School	15	33	14	14	2.2 per offer
Ely St John's Community Primary School	60	130	70	60	2.2 per offer
Ermine Street Church Academy	43	73	50	43	1.7 per offer
Eynesbury CofE C Primary School	30	57	31	29	1.9 per offer
Farcet CofE (C) Primary School	15	18	12	12	1.2 per offer
Fawcett Primary School	40	77	28	28	1.9 per offer
Fen Ditton Primary School	10	36	7	7	3.6 per offer
Fen Drayton Primary School	9	30	9	9	3.3 per offer
Fenstanton and Hilton Primary School	40	49	41	39	1.2 per offer
Folksworth CofE Primary School	16	37	17	16	2.3 per offer
Fordham CofE Primary School	60	126	62	59	2.1 per offer
Fourfields Community Primary School	60	101	65	59	1.7 per offer
Fowlmere Primary School	2	11	2	2	5.5 per offer
Foxton Primary School	10	24	10	10	2.4 per offer
Friday Bridge Community Primary School	5	10	5	5	2.0 per offer
Fulbourn Primary School	45	65	45	43	1.4 per offer
Gamlingay Village Primary	41	54	39	39	1.3 per offer
Girton Glebe Primary School	19	65	19	19	3.4 per offer
Glebelands Primary Academy	52	70	50	50	1.3 per offer
Godmanchester Bridge Academy	30	74	40	30	2.5 per offer
Godmanchester Community Academy	55	102	49	49	1.9 per offer
Gorefield Primary Academy	7	11	7	7	1.6 per offer
Great Abington Primary School	14	33	14	14	2.4 per offer
Great and Little Shelford CofE (Aided) Primary School	30	63	29	27	2.1 per offer
Great Paxton CofE Primary School	6	10	6	6	1.7 per offer
Great Staughton Primary Academy	13	22	13	13	1.7 per offer
Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy	3	10	3	3	3.3 per offer
Guilden Morden CofE Primary Academy	10	16	9	9	1.6 per offer
Guyhirn CofE VC Primary School	12	15	12	12	1.3 per offer
Hardwick and Cambourne Community Primary School	53	95	52	52	1.8 per offer
Harston and Newton Primary School	15	32	16	15	2.1 per offer
Hartford Infant and Preschool	36	72	34	34	2.0 per offer
Haslingfield Endowed Primary School	18	35	17	17	1.9 per offer
Hatton Park Primary School	52	83	45	45	1.6 per offer
Hauxton Primary School	10	19	8	8	1.9 per offer
Hemingford Grey Primary School	33	44	32	32	1.3 per offer
Histon and Impington Brook Primary School	60	142	69	60	2.4 per offer
Histon and Impington Park Primary School	60	172	51	50	2.9 per offer
Holme CofE Primary School	15	29	13	13	1.9 per offer
Holywell CofE Primary School	22	41	22	22	1.9 per offer
Houghton Primary School	29	57	28	28	2.0 per offer
Huntingdon Primary School	48	79	47	47	1.6 per offer
Isle of Ely Primary School	60	127	67	60	2.1 per offer
Isleham Church of England Primary School	30	50	33	29	1.7 per offer
Jeavons Wood Primary School	45	85	44	44	1.9 per offer
Kennett Primary School	15	55	16	12	3.7 per offer
Kettlefields Primary School	19	38	26	19	2.0 per offer
Kimbolton Primary Academy	9	25	9	9	2.8 per offer
Kinderley Primary School	12	19	12	12	1.6 per offer
Kings Hedges Primary School	31	54	29	29	1.7 per offer
Kingsfield Primary School	27	41	26	26	1.5 per offer
Lantern Community Primary School	58	127	52	52	2.2 per offer
Leverington Primary Academy	20	25	17	17	1.3 per offer
Linton CofE Infant School	38	55	37	37	1.4 per offer
Lionel Walden Primary School	30	56	31	27	1.9 per offer
Little Paxton Primary School	35	48	33	33	1.4 per offer
Little Thetford CofE Primary School	8	16	8	8	2.0 per offer
Littleport Community Primary School	60	82	58	58	1.4 per offer
Manea Community Primary School	30	30	30	30	1.0 per offer
Marleigh Primary Academy	30	57	35	28	1.9 per offer
Mayfield Primary School	55	127	48	48	2.3 per offer
Meadow Primary School	32	46	32	32	1.4 per offer
Melbourn Primary School	44	59	43	43	1.3 per offer
Meldreth Primary School	30	84	37	28	2.8 per offer
Mepal and Witcham Church of England Primary School	15	24	16	15	1.6 per offer
Meridian Primary School	23	35	23	23	1.5 per offer
Middlefield Primary Academy	29	61	35	28	2.1 per offer
Millfield Primary School	46	71	44	44	1.5 per offer
Milton Church of England Primary School	26	49	26	26	1.9 per offer
Milton Road Primary School	59	156	95	59	2.6 per offer
Monkfield Park Primary School	30	76	30	30	2.5 per offer
Morley Memorial Primary School	60	136	53	53	2.3 per offer
Murrow Primary Academy	15	22	15	15	1.5 per offer
New Road Primary & Nursery School	34	67	31	31	2.0 per offer
Newnham Croft Primary School	30	75	38	30	2.5 per offer
Northstowe Learning Community	30	81	39	30	2.7 per offer
Oakington CofE Primary School	10	23	10	10	2.3 per offer
Offord Primary School	11	26	10	10	2.4 per offer
Orchard Park Community Primary School	17	31	16	16	1.8 per offer
Orchards Church of England Academy	47	58	47	47	1.2 per offer
Over Primary School	17	27	17	17	1.6 per offer
Park Lane Primary & Nursery School	55	97	49	49	1.8 per offer
Park Street CofE Primary School	17	53	14	14	3.1 per offer
Pathfinder CofE Primary School	38	74	34	34	1.9 per offer
Peckover Primary School	59	94	66	59	1.6 per offer
Pendragon Community Primary School	47	56	47	47	1.2 per offer
Petersfield CofE Aided Primary School	20	26	20	20	1.3 per offer
Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School	60	108	60	58	1.8 per offer
Queen Edith Primary School	52	104	48	48	2.0 per offer
Queen Emma Primary School	30	95	34	30	3.2 per offer
Ramsey Spinning Infant School	88	101	87	87	1.1 per offer
Ridgefield Primary School	30	99	43	30	3.3 per offer
Robert Arkenstall Primary School	26	35	26	26	1.3 per offer
Sawtry Infants' School	70	86	75	68	1.2 per offer
Shirley Community Primary School	24	47	23	23	2.0 per offer
Somersham Primary School	50	76	50	48	1.5 per offer
Spaldwick Primary School	10	18	8	8	1.8 per offer
Spring Meadow Infant School	39	52	39	39	1.3 per offer
St Alban's Catholic Primary School	29	74	41	28	2.6 per offer
St Andrew's CofE Primary School	60	107	61	56	1.8 per offer
St Anne's CofE Primary School	30	72	33	27	2.4 per offer
St Helen's Primary School	25	43	24	24	1.7 per offer
St John's CofE Primary School	34	44	32	32	1.3 per offer
St Laurence Catholic Primary School	15	26	15	15	1.7 per offer
St Luke's CofE Primary School	3	15	3	3	5.0 per offer
St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots	3	9	2	2	3.0 per offer
St Matthew's Primary School	74	127	67	67	1.7 per offer
St Pauls CofE VA Primary School	13	42	6	6	3.2 per offer
St Philip's CofE Aided Primary School	29	63	26	26	2.2 per offer
Stapleford Community Primary School	28	71	25	25	2.5 per offer
Steeple Morden CofE VC Primary School	13	27	12	12	2.1 per offer
Stilton Church of England Primary Academy	21	39	20	20	1.9 per offer
Stretham Community Primary School	24	34	23	23	1.4 per offer
Stukeley Meadows Primary School	43	63	39	39	1.5 per offer
Sutton CofE VC Primary School	40	47	37	37	1.2 per offer
Swaffham Bulbeck Church of England Primary School	12	29	11	11	2.4 per offer
Swaffham Prior Church of England Primary School	15	46	19	14	3.1 per offer
Swavesey Primary School	34	62	32	32	1.8 per offer
Teversham CofE VA Primary School	24	42	20	20	1.8 per offer
The Ashbeach Primary School	13	21	13	13	1.6 per offer
The Bellbird Primary School	46	71	46	46	1.5 per offer
The Elton CofE Primary School of the Foundation of Frances and Jane Proby	20	32	21	20	1.6 per offer
The Galfrid School	28	42	27	27	1.5 per offer
The Grove Primary School	29	50	30	29	1.7 per offer
The Icknield Primary School	19	54	18	18	2.8 per offer
The Nene Infant & Nursery School	50	64	45	45	1.3 per offer
The Newton Community Primary School	7	16	6	6	2.3 per offer
The Rackham Church of England Primary School and Pre-School	38	51	36	36	1.3 per offer
The Round House Primary Academy	50	87	48	48	1.7 per offer
The Shade Primary School	29	85	35	28	2.9 per offer
The Spinney Primary School	14	39	12	12	2.8 per offer
The Vine Inter-Church Primary School	36	67	36	36	1.9 per offer
The Weatheralls Primary School	28	35	14	14	1.3 per offer
Thomas Eaton Primary Academy	14	24	12	12	1.7 per offer
Thongsley Fields Primary and Nursery School	23	37	23	23	1.6 per offer
Thorndown Primary School	61	96	68	61	1.6 per offer
Thriplow CofE Primary School	15	31	12	12	2.1 per offer
Townley Primary School	6	7	6	6	1.2 per offer
Trumpington Meadows Primary School	30	59	25	24	2.0 per offer
Trumpington Park Primary School	59	121	75	59	2.1 per offer
University of Cambridge Primary School	89	167	94	86	1.9 per offer
Upwood Primary Academy	25	63	25	25	2.5 per offer
Warboys Primary Academy	41	55	40	40	1.3 per offer
Waterbeach Community Primary School	65	78	63	63	1.2 per offer
Westwood Primary School	83	113	80	80	1.4 per offer
Wheatfields Primary School	36	60	30	30	1.7 per offer
Wilburton CofE Primary School	10	31	10	10	3.1 per offer
William Westley Church of England VC Primary School	30	73	40	29	2.4 per offer
Willingham Primary School	48	62	48	48	1.3 per offer
Winhills Primary Academy	24	42	22	22	1.8 per offer
Wintringham Primary Academy	60	110	63	59	1.8 per offer
Wisbech St Mary CofE Academy	18	19	15	15	1.1 per offer
Wyton on the Hill Community Primary School	17	25	16	16	1.5 per offer
Yaxley Infant School	34	66	28	28	1.9 per offer

Source: DfE secondary and primary school applications and offers (Open Government Licence v3.0).

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Questions

When is the Cambridgeshire secondary school application deadline?

31 October for a September start, set nationally by the School Admissions Code. Late applications are usually considered only after on-time ones.

How long do I have to appeal?

Admission authorities must give you at least 20 school days from the date of your refusal letter (usually offer day). Many councils publish a specific date — use the council's date where shown.

Does this page tell me my chance of getting a place?

No. Places depend on each school's oversubscription criteria, which change every year. Only the admissions authority decides.