Abbey College, Ramsey
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84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.1
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Cambourne Village College
- Pupils on roll
- 1,626of 1,250 places
- Free school meals
- 18.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 248
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 11 March 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 226 pupils who finished Year 11 at Cambourne Village College in 2023, 25% stayed on in Cambourne Village College’s own sixth form (Cambridgeshire average 24%), 25% went to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 38% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 22% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 51.7 against 46.1 across England and 48.1 in Cambridgeshire, with 57% 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 | Cambourne Village College | Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 226 | 6,392 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 88% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 25% | 24% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 38% | 32% | 13% |
| — further education college | 25% | 29% | 37% |
| — other education | — | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 2% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Cambourne Village College | Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 51.7 | 48.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 57% | 50% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72% | 68% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 50% | 46% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.66 | 4.36 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 15% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 30.2 | 32.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 55.5 | 52.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 19% | 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 | 246 | 99% | 88% | 31% | 22% | 78% |
| English Language | 246 | 99% | 89% | 20% | 20% | 73% |
| English Literature | 228 | 92% | 86% | 21% | 21% | 84% |
| Combined Science | 169 | 68% | 65% | 20% | 9% | 73% |
| Spanish | 139 | 56% | 19% | 17% | 27% | 66% |
| History | 98 | 40% | 41% | 30% | 26% | 71% |
| Geography | 83 | 33% | 41% | 46% | 25% | 90% |
| Business Studies | 77 | 31% | 18% | 32% | 20% | 82% |
| Biology | 70 | 28% | 23% | 44% | 45% | 84% |
| Physics | 62 | 25% | 23% | 61% | 46% | 94% |
| Chemistry | 61 | 25% | 23% | 56% | 47% | 92% |
| Art and Design | 55 | 22% | 7% | 44% | 24% | 95% |
| Computer Science | 47 | 19% | 13% | 30% | 30% | 72% |
| Design and Technology | 38 | 15% | 11% | 50% | 23% | 89% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 38 | 15% | 8% | 34% | 21% | 76% |
| Photography | 36 | 15% | 6% | 25% | 19% | 100% |
| Statistics | 27 | 11% | 5% | 56% | 20% | 96% |
| French | 20 | 8% | 18% | 45% | 29% | 85% |
| German | 18 | 7% | 5% | 56% | 33% | 78% |
| Ancient History | 17 | 7% | 0% | 41% | 37% | 88% |
| Chinese | 16 | 6% | 1% | 100% | 75% | 100% |
| Religious Studies | 15 | 6% | 31% | 13% | 32% | 73% |
| Music | 14 | 6% | 5% | 36% | 33% | 86% |
| Drama | 14 | 6% | 7% | 14% | 27% | 79% |
| Media Studies | 8 | 3% | 4% | 0% | 20% | 13% |
| Russian | 5 | 2% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Arabic | 5 | 2% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Film Studies | 3 | 1% | 1% | — | 20% | — |
| Polish | 3 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Turkish | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing Engineering | 32 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 27 | — | — |
| Personal Health | 27 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 21 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 8 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 4 | — | — |
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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.