Abbey College, Ramsey
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84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.1
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Linton Village College
- Pupils on roll
- 766of 918 places
- Free school meals
- 15.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 164
- Ofsted
- Good, 24 April 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Linton Village College (URN 110862, until 1 February 2011).
What the data says
Linton Village College has no sixth form. Of the 170 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 48% moved to a sixth form college, 26% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 48% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 35% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 52.4 against 46.1 across England and 48.1 in Cambridgeshire, with 56% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Cambridgeshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Linton Village College | Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 170 | 6,392 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 89% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 11% | 24% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 48% | 32% | 13% |
| — further education college | 26% | 29% | 37% |
| — other education | 3% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Linton Village College | Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 52.4 | 48.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 56% | 50% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 71% | 68% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 42% | 46% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.75 | 4.36 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 17% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 32.2 | 32.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 56.4 | 52.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 9% | 14% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 161 | 98% | 88% | 30% | 22% | 78% |
| English Language | 161 | 98% | 89% | 32% | 20% | 77% |
| English Literature | 156 | 95% | 86% | 24% | 21% | 79% |
| Combined Science | 102 | 62% | 65% | 5% | 9% | 65% |
| Geography | 96 | 59% | 41% | 30% | 25% | 73% |
| History | 82 | 50% | 41% | 34% | 26% | 65% |
| Biology | 59 | 36% | 23% | 68% | 45% | 100% |
| Physics | 59 | 36% | 23% | 68% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 59 | 36% | 23% | 69% | 47% | 98% |
| Statistics | 58 | 35% | 5% | 36% | 20% | 86% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 55 | 34% | 8% | 33% | 21% | 78% |
| Fine Art | 41 | 25% | 9% | 39% | 28% | 88% |
| Spanish | 41 | 25% | 19% | 41% | 27% | 76% |
| French | 34 | 21% | 18% | 47% | 29% | 91% |
| Physical Education | 29 | 18% | 11% | 24% | 24% | 79% |
| Design and Technology | 28 | 17% | 11% | 21% | 23% | 57% |
| Drama | 23 | 14% | 7% | 52% | 27% | 96% |
| Applied Engineering | 20 | 12% | 0% | 25% | 18% | 70% |
| Computer Science | 20 | 12% | 13% | 35% | 30% | 80% |
| Dance | 15 | 9% | 1% | 47% | 27% | 87% |
| Music | 14 | 9% | 5% | 57% | 33% | 100% |
| Religious Studies | 9 | 5% | 31% | 33% | 32% | 67% |
| Polish | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Japanese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 29 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 23 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 21 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.