Category: News
Class of 2025 Graduation Celebrations
On Friday 9th May, the whole Abbey College Cambridge community came together to reflect and celebrate the achievements of our Year 13 leavers in a graduation ceremony held in The Great Hall at Homerton College, University of Cambridge. Featuring awards and celebrations of educational excellence – all backed with a student-led live music performance from…
Our Year 9 Pioneers – End of Year Overview
Last September Abbey College Cambridge welcomed Year 9 students, our pioneers, for the first time. As the academic year comes to a close, we have reflected on Year 9’s first year in our community and celebrated their success. While the school had been predominantly known for welcoming international students to Cambridge, this is very much no longer…
Abbey College Cambridge honoured to be welcomed into The Heads’ Conference.
After a rigorous application process and audit, Ellen Hesse and Abbey College Cambridge have been welcomed as a full member into HMC (The Heads Conference). HMC is a thriving, proactive association of heads at some of the world’s leading independent schools. The name of the association derives from its annual meeting at Conference, which is…
Webinar: Preparation for Medicine at Abbey College Cambridge, Friday 20th June 2025
Watch the recording of our recent webinar: ‘Preparation for Medicine at Abbey College Cambridge.’ Abbey College Cambridge has a proud track record of helping students progress to medical school. The College has a 90%+ medicine application success rate, and in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 our students secured multiple medical school offers. In this…
Abbey College Cambridge Showcases Talent with Regional Art Exhibition and Animation Competition Wins
Year 12 Art Students Exhibit Work in Regional Student Showcase We are delighted to announce that seven of our talented Year 12 A Level Art students have had their work selected for inclusion in a regional student art exhibition, on display at the Michaelhouse Café in Cambridge. The exhibition brings together a vibrant collection…
University Offers Summary 2025
The deadline for year 13 students in the UK to make their final firm and insurance university choices to UCAS passed on the 5th June. 2025 has been another year of high-quality university offers for Abbey College Cambridge students, with a total cohort of 160 Year 13 students across our A-Level and International Foundation Programme…
Young Medics Afternoon, Wednesday 25th June, 4pm – 6.30pm
Discover, explore and plan your child’s future in medical careers. Open to Year 7 and 8 Pupils and their parents. Is your child dreaming of a future in a medical career? Join us for an inspiring and interactive medicine afternoon at Abbey College Cambridge, where we will showcase our exceptional academic pathway to medicine –…
Lake District Trip May 2025
This year’s residential trip for our Pre-sessional and Year 10 students took place in the Lake District National Park over the week 5th -9th May. A stunningly beautiful area in England, the students enjoyed learning at ‘Abbey College, Windermere’ as they spent the week working together in the wonderful environment of the Lakes. This…
Sports Day 2025 – Student Blog
. On Wednesday 30th April we held our annual Abbey College Cambridge Sports Day at the University of Cambridge Athletic Ground. The event gave the whole school the opportunity to come together to represent and support their college houses. During the morning all students competed against one another as teams in their tutor groups. They…
Stepping Forward – Keeping Fit at School
Abbey College Cambridge launches a new programme called ‘Stepping Forwards’, designed by our healthcare team and aimed to encourage physical activity and healthy choices in students who do not currently participate in school sports. This customised programme of physical activity and healthy eating support with realistic goals set with the students is being led by…
