Abbey College, Ramsey
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Bottisham Village College
- Pupils on roll
- 1,396of 1,500 places
- Free school meals
- 21.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 293
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement, 26 March 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Bottisham Village College (URN 110860, until 1 April 2011).
What the data says
Bottisham Village College has no sixth form. Of the 236 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 46% moved to a sixth form college, 28% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 46% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 22% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 51.1 against 46.1 across England and 48.1 in Cambridgeshire, with 58% 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 | Bottisham Village College | Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 236 | 6,392 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 87% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 14% | 24% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 46% | 32% | 13% |
| — further education college | 28% | 29% | 37% |
| — other education | — | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Bottisham Village College | Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 51.1 | 48.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 58% | 50% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 77% | 68% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 38% | 46% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.53 | 4.36 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 23% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 38.0 | 32.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 55.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 288 | 98% | 89% | 25% | 20% | 82% |
| Mathematics | 287 | 98% | 88% | 24% | 22% | 83% |
| English Literature | 282 | 96% | 86% | 26% | 21% | 82% |
| Combined Science | 173 | 59% | 65% | 8% | 9% | 68% |
| Business Studies | 151 | 52% | 18% | 23% | 20% | 80% |
| History | 145 | 49% | 41% | 34% | 26% | 74% |
| Biology | 110 | 38% | 23% | 41% | 45% | 87% |
| Physics | 109 | 37% | 23% | 42% | 46% | 83% |
| Chemistry | 109 | 37% | 23% | 39% | 47% | 85% |
| Geography | 75 | 26% | 41% | 32% | 25% | 77% |
| Physical Education | 75 | 26% | 11% | 19% | 24% | 57% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 65 | 22% | 8% | 26% | 21% | 80% |
| Spanish | 54 | 18% | 19% | 43% | 27% | 83% |
| French | 53 | 18% | 18% | 53% | 29% | 87% |
| Fine Art | 43 | 15% | 9% | 37% | 28% | 95% |
| German | 35 | 12% | 5% | 34% | 33% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 34 | 12% | 13% | 26% | 30% | 74% |
| Photography | 26 | 9% | 6% | 15% | 19% | 81% |
| Music | 25 | 9% | 5% | 28% | 33% | 76% |
| Religious Studies | 24 | 8% | 31% | 33% | 32% | 83% |
| Design and Technology | 22 | 8% | 11% | 27% | 23% | 73% |
| Polish | 6 | 2% | 1% | 83% | 84% | 83% |
| Latin | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 74% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 50 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 33 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 28 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 14 | — | — |
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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.