Cottenham Village College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 18 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
137434
Address
High Street, Cottenham, CB24 8UA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
877 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
53.7%
Girls
46.3%
First language not English
8.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.7%
Persistent absence
23.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 76.7%
Other White 8.9%
Mixed 6.7%
African 1.7%
Indian 1.4%
Other Asian 1.1%
Unclassified 0.9%
Gypsy/Roma 0.8%
Other 0.7%
Irish Traveller 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Chinese 0.2%
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
0.24
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 51%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 65%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.4
Local authority average 48.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.82
Local authority average 4.37
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award8
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award8
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE39
BiologyGCSE48
Business Studies:SingleGCSE58
ChemistryGCSE48
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE35
Design & TechnologyGCSE29
English LanguageGCSE168
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Cottenham Village College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
177
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
163
2nd preference
78
3rd preference
50
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
158
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
4
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 classes27
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
179
108
71
Year 8
178
80
98
Year 9
171
95
76
Year 10
173
86
87
Year 11
176
102
74
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
88.3%
86.5%
Further education
22.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
8.0%
27.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
60.0%
34.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
3.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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