Cambourne Village College
Secondary · Free schools · Mixed · Cambridgeshire
Sheepfold Lane, Cambridge, CB23 6FR
71
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 11/03/2025
Application demand
93%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.4%
15.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,626
Capacity used
Over capacity130%
1,250 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
93%
1st preference success rate
272 of 291 families who put it first got an offer
279
Places offered
474
Total applications
1.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 291 | 272 | ● 93% |
| 2nd preference | 126 | 6 | ● 5% |
| 3rd preference | 57 | 1 | ● 2% |
| Total | 474 | 279 | 59% |
1st preference success by year
Cambridgeshire lets families list 3 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (0 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Headteacher
- Lynn Mayes
- Address
- Sheepfold Lane, Cambourne, Cambridge, CB23 6FR
- Phone
- 01954284000
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Ward / constituency
- Cambourne · St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 139408
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 18% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 24% | — | — |
| SEN support | 4% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE CAM ACADEMY TRUST
1,626 pupils · 1,250 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
11 March 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessSixth form Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,403 pupils
Attendance
92.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
15.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.7%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.1%
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 | 49.5 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.30 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 53% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 69% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.42 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 51.7 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 56.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 72.2% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 50.4% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.66 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 248 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 246 | 31% | 65% | 78% | |
| English Language | 246 | 20% | 57% | 73% | |
| English Literature | 228 | 21% | 66% | 84% | |
| Combined Science | 169 | 20% | 52% | 73% | |
| Spanish | 139 | 17% | 47% | 66% | |
| History | 98 | 30% | 62% | 71% | |
| Art and Design | 91 | 36% | 87% | 97% | |
| Geography | 83 | 46% | 78% | 90% | |
| Business | 77 | 32% | 68% | 82% | |
| Biology | 70 | 44% | 77% | 84% | |
| Physics | 62 | 61% | 87% | 94% | |
| Chemistry | 61 | 56% | 85% | 92% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
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.