Sawston Village College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
May 5 2023 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
136775
Address
New Road, Sawston, CB22 3BP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1162 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
51.4%
Girls
48.6%
First language not English
11.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.3%
Persistent absence
21.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 69.5%
Other White 10.7%
Mixed 7%
Indian 4%
Chinese 2.6%
Other Asian 2%
Unclassified 1.8%
African 0.6%
Other 0.5%
Pakistani 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Other Black 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.73
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 47%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 64%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 58.3
Local authority average 48.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.44
Local authority average 4.37
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award17
Sports StudiesTechnical Award35
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE27
BiologyGCSE66
Business Studies:SingleGCSE34
ChemistryGCSE66
ChineseGCSE5
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE59
Design & TechnologyGCSE50
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Sawston Village College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
233
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
244
2nd preference
70
3rd preference
50
From another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
220
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
2
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 classes25.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
240
122
118
Year 8
240
131
109
Year 9
239
122
117
Year 10
237
117
120
Year 11
206
105
101
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
87.0%
85.6%
Further education
16.0%
27.4%
35.4%
School sixth form
10.0%
24.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
63.0%
34.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
SP
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.7%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
SP
0.8%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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