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Grammar schools in Cambridge

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Grammar schools near Cambridge

Nearest: Chelmsford County High School for Girls, 35 miles

Cambridge has no state grammar schools.

None within 30 miles. The five nearest:

  1. 35 milesChelmsford County High School for GirlsGirls · Essex · FSCE · 180 places
  2. 35 milesKing Edward VI Grammar School, ChelmsfordBoys · Essex · CSSE
  3. 39 milesColchester County High School for GirlsGirls · Essex · CSSE
  4. 39 milesColchester Royal Grammar SchoolBoys · Essex · CSSE · 128 places
  5. 40 milesQueen Elizabeth's School, BarnetBoys · Barnet

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Questions people ask

Are there grammar schools in Cambridge?

No state grammar school is within 30 miles of Cambridge. The nearest is Chelmsford County High School for Girls, 35 miles from the centre.

Which 11+ test do they use?

Of the 5 nearest: 3 use CSSE, 1 uses FSCE, 1 not yet confirmed. Each school's page gives its test dates.

Does living nearby get my child a place?

Not on its own. Your child must pass the school's 11+ test. Many schools then give places by distance or catchment area, and some take the highest scores wherever children live. Each school's page sets out its rules.

How we work this out

What it does

Cambridge has no state grammar schools of its own. These are the nearest, with who they take and their 11+ test.

All 163 state grammar schools in England on the Department for Education's register, September 2026.

Method

  1. We start from Cambridge's centre on the Ordnance Survey's map of places.
  2. We measure a straight line from there to each school's registered location and list the schools inside your chosen distance, nearest first.
  3. Boys, girls or mixed, the test provider and the Year 7 places come from each school's own admission arrangements for September 2027.
  4. Schools named 'grammar' that are not state grammar schools come from the same DfE register: independent schools, and state schools it lists as non-selective.