Academy converter · Cambridgeshire

Sawston Village College

11–16Ages
1,198Pupils
SecondaryPhase
136775URN

New Road, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3BP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodNov 2013

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · May 2023

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.5per place

close to Cambridgeshire median (1.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Cambridgeshire

351 applications for 231 places · 20th of 34 in Cambridgeshire

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

54.2of 90

Cambridgeshire 49.0 England 46.0

10th of 34 in Cambridgeshire

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodNov 2013

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · May 2023

Inspection history

5 May 2023
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
6 November 2013
Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.5applications per place, Year 7

close to Cambridgeshire median (1.6) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

351 applications · 231 places offered · 238 named it first

2026 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
2025 1.7; Cambridgeshire median median 1.7
2024 1.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
2023 1.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
2022 1.7; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
2021 1.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
2020 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
2019 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
2018 1.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
2017 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
2016 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
2015 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
2014 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6

This school
Cambridgeshire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	231	351	1.5	238	1.03
Sep 2025	232	389	1.7	261	1.13
Sep 2024	233	366	1.6	244	1.05
Sep 2023	236	367	1.6	238	1.01
Sep 2022	236	394	1.7	264	1.12
Sep 2021	237	369	1.6	262	1.11
Sep 2020	237	337	1.4	226	0.95
Sep 2019	205	306	1.5	203	0.99
Sep 2018	208	333	1.6	245	1.18
Sep 2017	208	321	1.5	222	1.07
Sep 2016	188	259	1.4	178	0.95
Sep 2015	204	283	1.4	201	0.99
Sep 2014	207	285	1.4	227	1.10

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

236 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)54.210th of 34 in Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire 49.0 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths60%9th of 34 in Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire 51% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths74%

Cambridgeshire 71% England 66%

This school
Cambridgeshire median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.87

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	236	54.2	60%	74%	–
2024/25	238	55.5	61%	75%	–
2023/24	206	60.3	73%	84%	+0.87
2022/23	237	58.3	64%	78%	+0.73

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Sawston Village CollegeThis school
This school

Remains Good2023

1.5applications per place 54.2Attainment 8
Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology
5.4 km · Cambridgeshire

Remains Good2023

62.1Attainment 8
The Netherhall School
6.0 km · Cambridgeshire

Remains Good2024

1.8applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
Trumpington Community College
6.7 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2023

2.0applications per place 56.6Attainment 8
St Bede's Inter-Church School
7.1 km · Cambridgeshire

Outstanding2024

2.7applications per place 62.9Attainment 8
Coleridge Community College
7.4 km · Cambridgeshire

Standards maintained2024

2.0applications per place 58.7Attainment 8
Linton Village College
8.0 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2024

2.0applications per place 48.8Attainment 8
Parkside Community College
9.0 km · Cambridgeshire

Remains Outstanding2023

4.8applications per place 65.9Attainment 8
Chesterton Community College
10.5 km · Cambridgeshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.6applications per place 65.4Attainment 8

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 136775 · 873/5408
Trust: Anglian Learning
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 1,140 pupils · 1,198 on roll
Free school meals: 16.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 June 2011
Replaced: Sawston Village College (URN 110902)
Address: New Road, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3BP
Local authority: Cambridgeshire · South Cambridgeshire

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources