Editing Cambridge (section)

== Education ==
{{See also|List of schools in Cambridgeshire}}
[[File:Anglia Ruskin Cambridge Main, 28 Sep, 2012.jpg|thumb|[[Anglia Ruskin University]] evolved from the 19th century Cambridge School of Art, which was opened in 1858 by educationist and art figure [[John Ruskin]].]]
Cambridge's two universities,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/public/docs/Draft%20housing%20strategy%202009.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319223252/http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/public/docs/Draft%20housing%20strategy%202009.pdf |archive-date=19 March 2012 |title=Draft housing strategy 2009–2010 |publisher=Cambridge City Council |access-date=28 September 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the collegiate [[University of Cambridge]] and the local campus of [[Anglia Ruskin University]], serve around 30,000 students, by some estimates.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/single.htm?ipg=6388 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130114025558/http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/single.htm?ipg=6388 |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 January 2013 |title=Cambridge |publisher=The Complete University Guide |access-date=28 September 2009}}</ref> Cambridge University stated its 2020/21 student population was 24,270,<ref>{{cite web |date= 19 July 2022|title=Cambridge at a glance |url=https://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the-university/cambridge-at-a-glance |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617185758/https://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the-university/cambridge-at-a-glance |archive-date=June 17, 2023 |access-date=June 17, 2023 |website=University of Cambridge }}</ref> and Anglia Ruskin reports 24,000 students across its two campuses (one of which is outside Cambridge, in [[Chelmsford]]) for the same period.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/your_university/about_anglia_ruskin/annual_review_0708.Maincontent.0002.file.tmp/Annual%20Review%2007-08%20web.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/your_university/about_anglia_ruskin/annual_review_0708.Maincontent.0002.file.tmp/Annual%20Review%2007-08%20web.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Annual Review 2007–8 |publisher=Anglia Ruskin University |access-date=28 September 2009}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> ARU now (2019) has additional campuses in London and Peterborough. State provision in the [[further education]] sector includes [[Hills Road Sixth Form College]], [[Long Road Sixth Form College]], and [[Cambridge Regional College]]. The [[Open University]] had a presence in the city between 1979 and 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Findlay |first=Cait |date=2023-05-15 |title=Former Open University building in Cambridge to become swimming pool and offices |url=https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/property/former-cambridge-open-university-building-26917421 |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Cambridgeshire Live |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-11-26 |title=The Open University in the East of England |url=https://www5.open.ac.uk/estates/our-estate/cambridge |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Estates |language=en |archive-date=17 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117155835/https://www5.open.ac.uk/estates/our-estate/cambridge |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-09-15 |title=Open University set to shut seven regional centres |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/open-university-set-shut-seven-regional-centres |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Times Higher Education (THE) |language=en}}</ref>

Both state and [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|private schools]] serve Cambridge pupils from nursery to secondary school age. State schools are administered by Cambridgeshire County Council, which maintains 251 schools in total,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/education/schools/ |title=Our schools and colleges |access-date=28 September 2009 |publisher=Cambridgeshire County Council |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402122811/http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/education/schools |archive-date=2 April 2009}}</ref> 35 of them in Cambridge city.<ref>{{cite news |title=Educational establishments in Cambridgeshire |publisher=Cambridgeshire County Council }}</ref> [[Netherhall School]], [[Chesterton Community College]], the Parkside Federation (comprising [[Parkside Community College]] and [[Coleridge Community College]]), [[North Cambridge Academy]] and the Christian inter-denominational [[St Bede's Inter-Church School|St Bede's School]] provide [[comprehensive school|comprehensive]] secondary education.<ref>{{Cite news |url= http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn_news_crier/displayarticle.asp?id=444678 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120729163405/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn_news_crier/displayarticle.asp?id=444678 |url-status= dead |archive-date= 29 July 2012 |title=It's a record breaker for GCSE students |date=27 August 2009 |access-date=28 September 2009 |first=John |last=Morgan |newspaper=Cambridge News}}</ref> Many other pupils from the Cambridge area attend [[village college]]s, an educational institution unique to Cambridgeshire, which serve as secondary schools during the day and adult education centres outside of school hours.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jq2ZWVoo_vEC&q=%22village+college%22&pg=PA149 |title=Managing external relations in schools: a practical guide |first=Nicholas |last=Foskett |publisher=Routledge |year=1992 |isbn=0-415-06833-9 |page=149 |access-date=5 November 2020 |archive-date=28 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528155901/https://books.google.com/books?id=jq2ZWVoo_vEC&q=%22village+college%22&pg=PA149 |url-status=live }}</ref> Independent schools in the city include [[The Perse School]], [[Stephen Perse Foundation]], [[Sancton Wood School]], [[St Mary's School, Cambridge|St Mary's School]], [[Heritage School, Cambridge|Heritage School]] and [[The Leys School]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/cities/3350043/City-spotlight-Cambridge.html |title=City spotlight: Cambridge |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |first=Max |last=Davidson |date=20 May 2006 |access-date=28 September 2009 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131235241/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/cities/3350043/City-spotlight-Cambridge.html |archive-date=31 January 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The city has one [[University Technical College|university technical college]], [[Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology]], which opened in September 2014.