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Fee-paying schools in CB3, Cambridge

14 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central CB3, the nearest being St John's College School at 0.4 mi, 5 of them selective, 1 single-sex. Nearest first; each age range is the school's own statutory range, which decides whether it takes a given year group.

School	Distance	Ages	Takes
St John's College School	0.4 mi	4 to 13	Primary
King's College School	0.8 mi	4 to 14	All-through Selective
The Leys School	1.5 mi	11 to 19	Secondary Selective
Cardiff Sixth Form College, Cambridge	1.5 mi	14 to 19	Secondary Selective
Cambridge Arts and Sciences (CATS and CSVPA)	1.6 mi	13 to 24	Secondary
Heritage School	1.6 mi	4 to 16	All-through Christian
The Stephen Perse Foundation	1.6 mi	2 to 21	All-through Selective
Mander Portman Woodward	1.6 mi	14 to 20	Secondary
Sancton Wood School	1.7 mi	1 to 16	All-through
St Mary's School	1.7 mi	3 to 19	All-through Girls Selective Roman Catholic
St. Andrew's College Cambridge	1.9 mi	15 to 22	Secondary
St Faith's School	2.0 mi	3 to 13	Primary Christian/Methodist
Abbey College Cambridge	2.4 mi	12 to 21	Secondary
The Perse School	2.8 mi	3 to 18	All-through

No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like St John's College School are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate rather than Ofsted, and the ISI publishes no open data feed, so no rating exists for us to show. Fees are not open data either.

The state schools alongside them

CB3 also holds 19 state primary and 5 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for CB3 →

Checking a specific address

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Common questions

How many private schools are there in CB3?

14 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central CB3, Cambridge, from the Department for Education's register. Each one's age range, whether it selects and how full it is are listed on this page.

Do private schools in CB3 have Ofsted ratings?

No, and a blank rating is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate rather than Ofsted, and the ISI publishes no open data feed, so no rating exists for us to show.

Are private schools in CB3 selective?

5 of the 14 select on ability at entry, according to their admissions policy on the register. The rest do not, though most fee-paying schools still assess applicants in some way.

Are there single-sex private schools in CB3?

1 of the 14 take boys only or girls only. The rest are mixed.

Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools. Read how every figure here is sourced on the methodology page. If something looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.