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Impington Village College

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,446Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137826URN

New Road, Impington, Cambridge, CB24 9LX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.5per place
0.9 above Cambridgeshire median (1.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Cambridgeshire

584 applications for 232 places · 4th of 34 in Cambridgeshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
61.4of 90
5th of 34 in Cambridgeshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 11 February 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Inspection history

  1. 11 February 2025
    Graded inspection, no overall grade
  2. 6 November 2019
    Ungraded inspection: School remains 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
2.5applications per place, Year 7
0.9 above Cambridgeshire median (1.6) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

584 applications · 232 places offered · 267 named it first

  1. 2026 2.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  2. 2025 2.9; Cambridgeshire median median 1.7
  3. 2024 2.9; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  4. 2023 2.8; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  5. 2022 2.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
  6. 2021 2.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
  7. 2020 2.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
  8. 2019 2.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  9. 2018 2.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  10. 2017 2.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
  11. 2016 2.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  12. 2015 2.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  13. 2014 2.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Cambridgeshire median in 13 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 20262325842.52671.15
Sep 20252296622.92941.28
Sep 20242136202.92461.15
Sep 20232186102.82971.36
Sep 20222215792.62641.19
Sep 20212245192.32521.13
Sep 20202324962.12371.02
Sep 20192344722.02481.06
Sep 20182034962.42541.25
Sep 20172004032.01920.96
Sep 20162084582.21980.95
Sep 20151974452.32201.12
Sep 20141954032.11820.93

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

237 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)61.45th of 34 in Cambridgeshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths72%5th of 34 in Cambridgeshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths83%
  • This school
  • Cambridgeshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.65
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)23761.472%83%–
2024/2523658.666%78%–
2023/2423757.967%81%+0.65
2022/2322756.860%78%+0.65

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

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137826 · 873/4004
Trust
Eastern Learning Alliance
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,370 pupils · 1,446 on roll
Free school meals
13.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 February 2012
Replaced
Impington Village College (URN 110861)
Address
New Road, Impington, Cambridge, CB24 9LX
Local authority
Cambridgeshire · South Cambridgeshire

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