Sancton Wood School
Other independent school · Mixed · Cambridgeshire
2 St Pauls Road, CB1 2EZ
78
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
363
Capacity used
Nearly full93%
390 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 1–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Richard Settle
- Address
- 2 St Pauls Road, CB1 2EZ
- Phone
- 01223471703
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Ward / constituency
- Market · Cambridge
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 110921
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 20% | — | — |
363 pupils · 390 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
Read the full Ofsted reportGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 54.6 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 64% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 83% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.88 | — | — |
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 52.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 62.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 81.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 27.1% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.64 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 48 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 47 | 40% | 72% | 91% | |
| English Language | 46 | 33% | 78% | 91% | |
| English Literature | 38 | 24% | 84% | 95% | |
| Biology | 35 | 34% | 80% | 97% | |
| Physics | 34 | 44% | 88% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 34 | 35% | 85% | 97% | |
| History | 22 | 36% | 91% | 100% | |
| Geography | 19 | 21% | 89% | 100% | |
| Business | 17 | 18% | 53% | 88% | |
| Art and Design | 16 | 13% | 50% | 56% | |
| Classical Civilisation | 10 | 20% | 70% | 80% | |
| Spanish | 9 | 11% | 33% | 67% |
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.