Abbey College, Ramsey
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84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.1
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Bassingbourn Village College
- Pupils on roll
- 652of 625 places
- Free school meals
- 18.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 122
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 26 April 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Bassingbourn Village College (URN 110895, until 1 September 2011).
What the data says
Bassingbourn Village College has no sixth form. Of the 131 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 50% moved to a sixth form college, 27% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 50% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 47.5 against 46.1 across England and 48.1 in Cambridgeshire, with 52% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 2% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
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 | Bassingbourn Village College | Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 131 | 6,392 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 96% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 93% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 15% | 24% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 50% | 32% | 13% |
| — further education college | 27% | 29% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 2% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Bassingbourn Village College | Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 47.5 | 48.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 52% | 50% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72% | 68% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 37% | 46% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.26 | 4.36 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 16% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 33.1 | 32.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 50.3 | 52.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 3% | 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 | 121 | 99% | 89% | 17% | 20% | 74% |
| Mathematics | 120 | 98% | 88% | 22% | 22% | 80% |
| English Literature | 120 | 98% | 86% | 14% | 21% | 69% |
| Combined Science | 90 | 74% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 67% |
| History | 55 | 45% | 41% | 33% | 26% | 67% |
| Spanish | 39 | 32% | 19% | 38% | 27% | 90% |
| Geography | 32 | 26% | 41% | 31% | 25% | 69% |
| Chemistry | 30 | 25% | 23% | 50% | 47% | 97% |
| Biology | 30 | 25% | 23% | 43% | 45% | 100% |
| Physics | 30 | 25% | 23% | 57% | 46% | 100% |
| Latin | 25 | 20% | 1% | 20% | 74% | 48% |
| Religious Studies | 23 | 19% | 31% | 30% | 32% | 57% |
| Art and Design | 19 | 16% | 7% | 26% | 24% | 63% |
| Design and Technology | 18 | 15% | 11% | 22% | 23% | 56% |
| 3D Design | 15 | 12% | 2% | 7% | 16% | 73% |
| Computer Science | 14 | 11% | 13% | 21% | 30% | 50% |
| French | 12 | 10% | 18% | 50% | 29% | 83% |
| Drama | 11 | 9% | 7% | 9% | 27% | 73% |
| Dance | 8 | 7% | 1% | 63% | 27% | 88% |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Business Studies | 1 | 1% | 18% | — | 20% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Health | 41 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 19 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 12 | — | — |
| Music Technology (Electronic) | 10 | — | — |
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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.