The Martin Bacon Academy
Stirling Road, Northstowe, CB24 1DH
152 pupils · 99% of 154 capacity
- Type
- Free schools special
- Ages
- 3–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- MERIDIAN TRUST
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 46.1%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2024) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 22 October 2024, published 25 November 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 0% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 0% |
| Attainment 8 score | 0.9 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 0% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 0% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Nearby alternatives
- The Centre School 3.9 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Gretton School 4.2 km · No Ofsted rating
- Hope Tree School 5 km · No Ofsted rating
- The Cavendish School 5.2 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
- Red Balloon Learner Centre - Cambridge 7.8 km · No Ofsted rating
- Castle School, Cambridge 7.9 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.