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Sawtry Village Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,101Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136974URN

Fen Lane, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE28 5TQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodJan 2018
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Sep 2023
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
close to Cambridgeshire median (1.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Cambridgeshire

275 applications for 173 places · 19th of 34 in Cambridgeshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
47.9of 90
22nd of 34 in Cambridgeshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodJan 2018
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Sep 2023

Inspection history

  1. 15 September 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 11 January 2018
    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
1.6applications per place, Year 7
close to Cambridgeshire median (1.6) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

275 applications · 173 places offered · 182 named it first

  1. 2026 1.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  2. 2025 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.7
  3. 2024 1.7; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  4. 2023 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  5. 2022 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
  6. 2021 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
  7. 2020 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
  8. 2019 1.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  9. 2018 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  10. 2017 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
  11. 2016 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  12. 2015 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  13. 2014 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Cambridgeshire median in 1 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261732751.61821.05
Sep 20251722551.51811.05
Sep 20241732861.72021.17
Sep 20231672531.51711.02
Sep 20221522041.31450.95
Sep 20211481871.31380.93
Sep 20201572111.31450.92
Sep 20191531751.11390.91
Sep 20181381781.31210.88
Sep 20171091381.3930.85
Sep 20161531951.31380.90
Sep 20151401991.41340.96
Sep 20141642251.41550.95

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

167 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)47.922nd of 34 in Cambridgeshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths46%22nd of 34 in Cambridgeshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths70%
  • This school
  • Cambridgeshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.56
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)16747.946%70%–
2024/2515949.448%73%–
2023/2415349.446%71%+0.56
2022/2315150.249%77%+0.42

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

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School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136974 · 873/5403
Trust
Meridian Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,200 pupils · 1,101 on roll
Free school meals
20.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 August 2011
Replaced
Sawtry Community College (URN 110897)
Address
Fen Lane, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE28 5TQ
Local authority
Cambridgeshire · Huntingdonshire

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