Bottisham Village College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Jun 15 2012 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
136677
Address
Lode Road, Bottisham, CB25 9DL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1452 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
50.0%
Girls
50.0%
First language not English
7.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.3%
Persistent absence
20.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77.5%
Other White 8.9%
Mixed 4.7%
Indian 2%
Unclassified 1.3%
Other Asian 1.2%
Chinese 1.1%
Pakistani 0.9%
African 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.01
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 37%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 47.6
Local authority average 48.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.29
Local authority average 4.37
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award29
Health StudiesTechnical Award43
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE32
BiologyGCSE90
Business Studies:SingleGCSE77
ChemistryGCSE90
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE25
DanceGCSE7
English LanguageGCSE231
English LiteratureGCSE223
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Bottisham Village College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
290
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
299
2nd preference
106
3rd preference
45
From another Local Authority
135
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
273
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
71
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 classes25.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
297
157
140
Year 8
298
148
150
Year 9
289
155
134
Year 10
289
131
158
Year 11
279
135
144
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
88.3%
86.5%
Further education
28.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
5.0%
27.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
54.0%
34.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
2.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
3.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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