Examination Results & OFSTED
Ely College opened as a new academy in July 2016. We are so proud to announce that CMAT as it was then and Meridian Trust now has taken us on a transformative journey with Ofsted rating us in June 2019 as a 'Good Provider' with 'Outstanding' features.
We were reinspected in March 2025 and the feedback from the ungraded inspection team found that "the school's work may have improved significantly across all areas since the previous inspection".
Parent View
We routinely use the questions from the parent view survey as part of our ongoing self-evaluation. The latest survey was carried out in December 2024, and you can see a summary of the results and our responses in the slides below.
Results
We are very proud of the results that our Year 11 and 13 students achieved this year. These results reflect the hard work of students, parents and staff and give the students the very best opportunities to progress into their chosen career paths.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026* |
Attainment 8 | 55.45 | 49.78 | 52.3 | 49.73 | 53.68 |
Progress 8 | +0.32 | +0.4 | +0.65 | No P8 Score | No P8 Score |
Basics – English and Maths 4+ (Standard Pass) | 82% | 71% | 80.2% | 74% | 79% |
Basics – English and Maths 5+ (Strong Pass) | 63% | 53% | 57.7% | 54% | 58% |
EBacc (entry) | 44.9% | 49.53% | 30.6% | 36.3% | 31.2 |
EBacc (APS) | 4.95 | 4.41 | 4.57 | 4.33 | 4.66 |
*2026 unvalidated results
We set ourselves the challenge to be an exceptional college for an exceptional community. These results, and the way we support all students to reach these levels of progress, truly are exceptional and could not happen without the superb partnership between students, parents and carers and the staff in the college.
You can find a full breakdown of all the results at this link.
https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/143404/ely-college/secondary
The tables and results can be found here.
Destinations
After Summer 2023 and 2024 our year 11 pupils moved to a range of providers in the local area after school as detailed below.
Destination | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Bishop Laney Sixth Form | 32% | 28% | 24% |
Long Road Sixth Form College | 25% | 20% | 22% |
Cambridge Regional College | 17% | 19% | 17% |
Hills Road Sixth Form College | 15% | 14% | 20% |
College of West Anglia | 2% | 4% | 6% |
Other post-16 centres in Cambridgeshire | 6% | 5% | 5% |
Apprenticeships | 2% | 1% | 1% |
Other | 1% | 3% | 1% |
NEET / STA support | 2% | 1% | 2% |
Moved out of the area | 0% | 2% | 0% |