Comberton Village College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Feb 1 2013 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Cambridgeshire
Unique reference
136463
Address
West Street, Comberton, CB23 7DU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1930 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
53.1%
Girls
46.9%
First language not English
11.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
10%
Persistent absence
18.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 71.1%
Other White 8.3%
Mixed 7.9%
Unclassified 4.9%
Indian 2%
Chinese 2%
Other 1.2%
Other Asian 1.1%
Pakistani 0.7%
African 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.47
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 56%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 59%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 56
Local authority average 48.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.13
Local authority average 4.37
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award9
Sports StudiesTechnical Award30
ArabicGCSE3
Art & DesignGCSE80
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE12
BiologyGCSE132
Business Studies:SingleGCSE83
ChemistryGCSE132
ChineseGCSE5
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE59
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Comberton Village College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
256
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
312
2nd preference
246
3rd preference
93
From another Local Authority
11
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
255
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
294
150
144
Year 8
300
159
141
Year 9
297
158
139
Year 10
300
157
143
Year 11
299
170
129
Year 12
237
125
112
Year 13
203
105
98
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
87.0%
85.6%
Further education
14.0%
27.4%
35.4%
School sixth form
36.0%
24.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
42.0%
34.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.7%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
SP
0.8%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
75.0%
67.2%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
36.0%
28.1%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.0%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.8%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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