Cardiff Sixth Form College, Cambridge

Independent school · Mixed · ages 14–19 · with sixth form · selective (grammar)Cambridgeshire CB1school website

An independent school in Cambridgeshire for ages 14–19: destination measures are not published for independent schools, so this page relies on the school’s own results and subjects.

Ofsted
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Places
—
Pupils
100

Ofsted: Not covered by Ofsted school inspections. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from Cambridgeshire’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 110 places, including the sixth form.

After Year 11 · age 16

Where do pupils go at 16?

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

After sixth form · age 18

Where do sixth-formers go at 18?

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE · Year 11 · 2025

How do GCSE results compare?

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Subjects · 2025

What do pupils study?

1.99%of the A level curriculum mapped by the subjects taken here

Mapped — the share of the 1,259 learning outcomes the Department for Education sets for these stages that the subjects taken here cover, weighted by how many pupils take each.

DfE subject entries 2025 · curriculum catalogue by sch.today

Mathematics & Statistics3%
Natural Sciences1%
Language & Communication0%
Digital & ICT Skills0%
Engineering & Manufacturing0%

Fields of knowledge — twelve fields the curriculum catalogue sorts every learning outcome into; the bars show the GCSE and A level ring.

A level subjects8

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Mathematics713%31%
Economics——13%
Further Mathematics——5%
Physics——12%
Psychology——23%
Biology——20%
Chemistry——17%
Chinese——0%
Applied, technical and other level 3 courses14
SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
MathematicsGCE AS level (All)1223%—
ChemistryGCE AS level (All)917%—
Further MathematicsGCE AS level (All)713%—
BiologyGCE AS level (All)———
EconomicsGCE AS level (All)———
PhysicsGCE AS level (All)———
PsychologyGCE AS level (All)———
BiologyGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)———
ChemistryGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)———
EconomicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)———
MathematicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)———
Further MathematicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)———
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)———
PhysicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)———
A level results8
MeasureThis schoolCambridgeshireEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study93——
— of whom A level students533,369261,341
Average A level gradeAB-B-
Average points per A level entry48.9337.3935.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsA+B-B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects81%23%18%
Average grade, applied general courses———
Average grade, T levels———
Fields of knowledge, all stages2
Mathematics & Statistics2%
Natural Sciences0%

Ideas pupils meet most, weighted by the share of the cohort taking the subjects that teach them:

graph 1.3mathematical model 1.2vector 1.2trigonometric identity 0.7exponential function 0.7numerical method 0.5gradient 0.5integration 0.5inequality 0.4limitation 0.4inverse function 0.4tangent 0.4binomial expansion 0.4sequence 0.4trigonometric function 0.4force 0.4point of inflection 0.4differentiation 0.4differential equation 0.4standard deviation 0.4normal distribution 0.4si unit 0.4equilibrium 0.4logical deduction 0.3

Coverage counts a subject’s outcomes in proportion to the share of the cohort entered for it; Combined Science counts as two thirds of the three separate sciences. Levels follow ISCED 2011 as UNESCO maps it for the UK: Key Stage 3 is ISCED 2; GCSE and A level are both ISCED 3. Methodology: about the data.

Careers

Which jobs use what’s taught here?

12apprenticeship standards closely match the subjects pupils take

A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.

Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.

Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works

Electro-mechanical engineerLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses equilibrium, dynamics, statics from Mathematics · jobs: electrical engineer, electromechanical engineer, instrumentation engineer
Aerospace engineerLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses friction, equilibrium, kinematics from Mathematics · jobs: aerodynamics engineer, aerospace engineer, aircraft maintenance technician
Engineer surveyorLevel 4 (higher) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses trigonometric identity, exponential function, calculus from Mathematics · jobs: electrical equipment inspector, process engineering technician, punch press operator
More apprenticeships9
Data technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · digital · uses outlier, data distribution, standard deviation from Mathematics · jobs: data analyst, database administrator, data scientist
ScientistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses approximation, probability, sampling technique from Mathematics · jobs: physicist, analytical chemist, geneticist
Improvement practitionerLevel 4 (higher) apprenticeship · business and administration · uses central tendency, normal distribution, data distribution from Mathematics · jobs: environmental engineer, civil engineer, health safety and environmental manager
Aerospace engineering technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses probability, calculus, data presentation from Mathematics · jobs: instrumentation engineering technician, aerospace engineering technician, production engineering technician
Manufacturing engineer (degree)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses mechanics, force, data presentation from Mathematics · jobs: maintenance and repair engineer, industrial engineer, production engineer
ActuaryLevel 7 degree apprenticeship · legal, finance and accounting · uses summary statistics, probability distribution from Mathematics · jobs: financial analyst
Improvement specialistLevel 5 (higher) apprenticeship · business and administration · uses correlation, probability distribution from Mathematics · jobs: business consultant, environmental engineer, civil engineer
Costs lawyerLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · legal, finance and accounting · uses causation, limitation from Mathematics · jobs: lawyer, corporate lawyer, lawyer linguist
Laboratory technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · health and science · uses standard deviation, graph, data presentation from Mathematics · jobs: bacteriology technician, scientific laboratory technician, biology technician
Admissions

How do you get a place?

Independent schools admit directly and set their own dates and entrance tests; council allocation statistics do not cover them.

  1. Year 6Register with the school; entrance assessments are usually in the autumn or January, offers in February
  2. Dec–FebYear 11: apply directly to the sixth form; most close applications in these months
Cambridgeshire

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Stayed in education at 16 · Attainment 8 · pupils

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.