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Abbey College Cambridge

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Abbey College Cambridge

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Co-educationalFull boardingAges 13-21Independent400 pupils

Boardingly Worldly rankingProvisional

37.6/ 100
National
Academic record76
Press reputation43
Prestige75
Parental signal3

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Academics

Qualifications offered

GCSEA-LevelInternational Foundation Programme

Languages

English (Academic English)

Subjects

PsychologyBusinessAccountingEconomicsEALHumanitiesSciencesMathematicsArtMedicine

Entrance requirements

Interview with a senior member of staff (conducted online or in person) following receipt of application.

Life & activities

Arts

Art

Extra-curricular

Duke of Edinburgh AwardMusicEnrichmentCareers Advice

Boarding & pastoral

Boarding type: Full

Dining: Dining facilities available on campus (dedicated Dining page on the website).

Pastoral care: Students are placed in one of seven houses, each with a Housemaster. The college provides empowering pastoral support with a Vice Principal Pastoral and an Assistant Principal Pastoral. Students describe the college environment as being like a family, where they are made to feel very welcome both in and outside of their lessons.

Boarding houses

Zeus HouseMinerva HouseHera HouseNeptune HouseAthena HouseApollo HouseJupiter House

Latest inspection

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