Swavesey Village College

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-16
Religion Unknown
Address Gibraltar Lane
Swavesey
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB24 4RS
Phone 01954230366
Reference Number 136580

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1253
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.52%
Girls: 49.48%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 14.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 10.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.2

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 135 128 263
8 108 141 249
9 135 114 249
10 125 118 243
11 130 119 249

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 75.3%
White, Other 8.9%
Asian, Other 3%
White & Asian 1.8%
Mixed, Other 1.5%
Chinese 1.3%
Unclassified 1.3%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1%
White & Black (African) 1%
African 1%
Irish 0.5%
Indian 0.3%
Caribbean 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
 >  Quality of education Outstanding
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Outstanding
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2024-06-21
Date Description Report
2024-01-30 School inspection: School inspection:
2020-02-25 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2012-02-14 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
Previously as Swavesey Village College
2011-03-16 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-06-30 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2006-10-18 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2002-04-23 Full inspection Full inspection
2011-03-16 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-06-30 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2006-10-18 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2002-04-23 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 56.6% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 73.5% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 120 3
Third Preference 60 0
From another Local Authority 1 0

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
Swavesey Primary School
Middle Watch, Swavesey, Middle Watch, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 4RN
0.16 miles
Fen Drayton Primary School
Cootes Lane, Fen Drayton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 4SL
1.57 miles
Over Primary School
Long Furlong, Over, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 5PG
1.65 miles
Hatton Park Primary School
Hatton's Park, Longstanton, Cambridge, CB24 3DL
2.43 miles
Holywell CofE Primary School
Mill Way, Needingworth, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 4TF
2.51 miles
Fenstanton and Hilton Primary School
School Lane, Fenstanton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 9JR
2.58 miles
Pathfinder CofE Primary School
Pathfinder Way, Northstowe, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 3DS
2.58 miles
Willingham Primary School
Thodays Close, Willingham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 5LE
2.95 miles
Bar Hill Community Primary School
Gladeside, Bar Hill, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 8DY
3.1 miles
Eastfield Infant and Nursery School
Pig Lane, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 5QT
3.69 miles
Westfield Junior School
Ramsey Road, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 5RG
3.78 miles
Oakington CofE Primary School
Water Lane, Oakington, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 3AL
3.97 miles
Dry Drayton CofE (C) Primary School
Park Street, Dry Drayton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 8DA
3.99 miles
Elsworth CofE VA Primary School
Broad End, Elsworth, Cambridgeshire, CB23 4JD
4.01 miles
Hemingford Grey Primary School
St Ives Road, Hemingford Grey, St. Ives Road, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 9DU
4.15 miles
Wheatfields Primary School
Nene Way, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 3WF
4.19 miles
St Helen's Primary School
Colne Road, Bluntisham, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 3NY
4.43 miles
Earith Primary School
School Road, Earith, Huntingdon, PE28 3QB
4.48 miles
Thorndown Primary School
Hill Rise, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 6SE
4.53 miles
Name Distance
The Martin Bacon Academy
Stirling Road, Northstowe, Cambridgeshire, CB24 1DH
3.23 miles
Northstowe Learning Community
Stirling Road, Northstowe, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 1DJ
3.27 miles
St Ivo Academy
High Leys, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 6RR
4.19 miles
Aurora Fairway School
High Leys, St Ives, PE27 6AL
4.23 miles
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