The Perse School
Other independent school · Mixed · Cambridgeshire
Hills Road, CB2 8QF
100
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
1,774
Capacity used
Nearly full93%
1,900 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 3–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Edward Elliott
- Address
- Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8QF
- Phone
- 01223403800
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Ward / constituency
- Queen Edith's · South Cambridgeshire
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 110923
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 20% | — | — |
1,774 pupils · 1,900 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 | 81.2 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 98% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 98% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 7.79 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 52.02 | — | — |
Average grade: A+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 82.9 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 98.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 99.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 83.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 8.06 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 196 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 51.4 | 35 |
| Average grade | A | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 73.4% | 17% |
| A-level students | 185 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | 195 | 91% | 99% | 99% | |
| Mathematics | 195 | 93% | 99% | 100% | |
| English Language | 195 | 79% | 99% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 194 | 93% | 99% | 99% | |
| English Literature | 194 | 85% | 99% | 100% | |
| Physics | 191 | 92% | 98% | 100% | |
| Geography | 126 | 94% | 100% | 100% | |
| Computer Science | 118 | 94% | 99% | 100% | |
| History | 117 | 91% | 99% | 100% | |
| French | 113 | 90% | 99% | 100% | |
| Spanish | 64 | 94% | 100% | 100% | |
| Design & Technology | 50 | 88% | 98% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 124 | 48% | 88% | 95% | |
| Chemistry | 75 | 32% | 69% | 92% | |
| Physics | 64 | 44% | 89% | 97% | |
| Mathematics (Further) | 58 | 43% | 76% | 88% | |
| Biology | 55 | 44% | 82% | 93% | |
| Economics | 44 | 57% | 89% | 95% | |
| History | 36 | 31% | 69% | 89% | |
| Geography | 33 | 55% | 79% | 94% | |
| Government and Politics | 29 | 55% | 69% | 90% | |
| Computer Science | 21 | 33% | 76% | 90% | |
| English Literature | 18 | 61% | 94% | 100% | |
| Psychology | 14 | 21% | 50% | 86% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #32 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 10175: The Perse School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 75 |
| Offers | 15 |
| Success rate | 20% |
| Accepted offers | 12 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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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.