Bassingbourn Village College
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Cambridgeshire
South End, Royston, SG8 5NJ
68
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
86%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
90.6%
27.1% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
652
Capacity used
Over capacity104%
625 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
86%
1st preference success rate
106 of 123 families who put it first got an offer
119
Places offered
205
Total applications
1.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 123 | 106 | ● 86% |
| 2nd preference | 62 | 11 | ● 18% |
| 3rd preference | 19 | 2 | ● 11% |
| Later preferences | 1 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 205 | 119 | 58% |
1st preference success by year
Cambridgeshire lets families list 3 preferences. 57 applications came from outside the council area (31 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Ian Stoneham
- Address
- South End, Bassingbourn, Royston, SG8 5NJ
- Phone
- 01763242344
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Ward / constituency
- Bassingbourn · South Cambridgeshire
- Area
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 137427
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 18% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 4% | — | — |
| SEN support | 8% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ANGLIAN LEARNING
652 pupils · 625 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
26 April 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 698 pupils
Attendance
90.6%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
9.4%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
27.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
6.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.3%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 47.8 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.15 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 50% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 73% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.21 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 47.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 51.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 72.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 36.9% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.26 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 122 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 121 | 17% | 60% | 74% | |
| Mathematics | 120 | 22% | 62% | 80% | |
| English Literature | 120 | 14% | 48% | 69% | |
| Combined Science | 90 | 4% | 38% | 67% | |
| History | 55 | 33% | 58% | 67% | |
| Spanish | 39 | 38% | 79% | 90% | |
| Art and Design | 34 | 18% | 38% | 68% | |
| Geography | 32 | 31% | 50% | 69% | |
| Biology | 30 | 43% | 90% | 100% | |
| Physics | 30 | 57% | 97% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 30 | 50% | 83% | 97% | |
| Latin | 25 | 20% | 36% | 48% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Cambridgeshire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.