Linton Village College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 24 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Cambridgeshire
Unique reference
136442
Address
Cambridge Road, Linton, CB21 4JB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
803 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
48.9%
Girls
51.1%
First language not English
7.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.8%
Persistent absence
15.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 80.8%
Other White 7.3%
Mixed 4.5%
Indian 2%
Unclassified 1.5%
Other Asian 1.2%
African 1.1%
Chinese 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 42%
Local authority average 46%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 56%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.3
Local authority average 48
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.74
Local authority average 4.35
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)29
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE41
BiologyGCSE59
ChemistryGCSE59
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
Design & TechnologyGCSE28
DanceGCSE15
Applied EngineeringGCSE20
English LanguageGCSE161
English LiteratureGCSE156
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Linton Village College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
131
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
138
2nd preference
71
3rd preference
52
From another Local Authority
139
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
125
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
46
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes26.6
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
150
81
69
Year 8
180
96
84
Year 9
166
77
89
Year 10
144
70
74
Year 11
163
69
94
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
86.7%
85.5%
Further education
26.0%
28.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
11.0%
24.4%
35.2%
Sixth form college
48.0%
32.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.2%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.7%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.3%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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