Cambourne Village College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
May 14 2015 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Cambridgeshire
Unique reference
139408
Address
Sheepfold Lane, Cambourne, CB23 6FR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1380 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
51.7%
Girls
48.3%
First language not English
23.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.1%
Persistent absence
18.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
3.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 50.6%
Unclassified 15.6%
Mixed 7.2%
Other White 6.7%
Chinese 6.4%
Indian 4.9%
Other Asian 3.6%
Pakistani 1.7%
Other 1.7%
African 1.1%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.33
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 46%
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 51.2
Local authority average 48.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.54
Local authority average 4.37
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award18
Sports StudiesTechnical Award29
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award25
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)1
ArabicGCSE3
Art & DesignGCSE41
BiologyGCSE99
Business Studies:SingleGCSE67
ChemistryGCSE82
ChineseGCSE7
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Cambourne Village College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
281
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
291
2nd preference
110
3rd preference
57
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
270
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
1
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 classes27.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
292
148
144
Year 8
278
157
121
Year 9
286
137
149
Year 10
251
127
124
Year 11
273
145
128
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
88.3%
86.5%
Further education
18.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
29.0%
27.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
46.0%
34.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
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
SP
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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