Abbey College, Ramsey


Abbey College is a secondary academy school in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, England. The school is about 10 miles from Huntingdon and Peterborough, and offers education for 11- to 18-year-olds within its area. There are over 1800 pupils.

History

In 2006, Ailwyn community college and Ramsey Abbey School amalgamated into a single school. Ramsey Abbey had been active for centuries since it was founded by monks, whereas Ailwyn was founded in the 1950s. On 1 September 2011, the school officially gained academy status.
In 2011, the school was labelled by Ofsted as "A good school with outstanding features".
In both 2014 & 2016, it was labelled as "requires improvement." In 2018, the school re-obtained the status of "Good" from Ofsted.