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13th September 21

During the Summer Term, Abbey College Cambridge invited students to enter a competition run by the Charity Global Acts of Unity to promote unity, tolerance and understanding in schools. Unitees is the name of competition and it was a creative arts competition for young people in schools across England and Wales, tasked with expressing what…

12th August 21

Our Abbey College Cambridge GCSE students have yet again achieved an impressive set of results in 2021. From a total of 207 GCSEs sat, 25% were awarded the top grade of 9, and nearly half achieved 9-8 grades. Over three quarters of grades received were in the 9-6 range.  The pass rate was 100%. Abbey…

10th August 21

Today Abbey College Cambridge is celebrating yet another set of exceptional A Level results today (10 August). Our triumphant cohort of students obtained their results this morning, boasting an impressive overall pass rate of 100%. Year upon year the college continues to obtain excellent results, with 2021 being no exception. Nearly half of students attained…

8th July 21

Independent boarding schools have a long history of creating well-rounded pupils with excellent results. Most students beginning an A Level course or an International Foundation Programme will not only be striving to gain the best possible grades but yearning to exercise their independence. In many cases these two can act in competition with one another,…

5th July 21

Abbey College Cambridge International Foundation Programme students have achieved a record overall average score of 77% across all four of our foundation pathways in 2021. This incredible achievement represents the highest average score ever achieved by one of our foundation cohorts, and sets our students to progress to a wide range of top-ranked UK universities…

16th June 21

Abbey College Cambridge are pleased to announce a partnership with Leading Education to offer an enhanced Oxbridge Candidate Programme for our students from this summer. Leading Education are an international education consultancy that specialises in helping students prepare for top UK universities. Their Oxbridge application success rate is 43%, against a national average of 18%…

10th June 21

On Thursday and Friday 27th & 28th May, we were delighted to be able to celebrate the success of our graduating GCSE, pre sessional and A Level students in face-to-face, socially distanced, graduation ceremonies. The IFP ceremony followed on 18th June, after the students final exams. At the ceremonies, the achievements of the students were…

10th June 21

Each year at Abbey College Cambridge, we hold the House Music and Creative Arts Competition, when students show off their musical skills and compete for the house music trophy. As we could not hold face-to-face concerts in the hall this year, we decided to record live performances instead. A professional audio engineer, a videographer, and…

25th May 21

We are thrilled that the Abbey College Cambridge Business and Accounting Team has been awarded one of the 24 places in the final of the Institute of Accountants BASE competition.  The competition is for 16-17 year old business and accounting students and offers an exciting experience where students take part in team challenges; giving them…

26th April 21

Abbey College Cambridge is delighted to hear of the success of former student Ingrid in her Oxford prelim examination papers.  Ingrid, who is from Shanghai in China graduated from Abbey College Cambridge in the summer of 2020 and joined Somerville College at the University of Oxford the following September to study Experimental Psychology.  Now six…