Sawtry Village Academy

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-18
Religion Unknown
Address Fen Lane
Sawtry
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE28 5TQ
Phone 01487830701
Reference Number 136974

General Makeup

Number of pupils 994
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.41%
Girls: 47.59%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 17.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 4.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 99 93 192
8 96 74 170
9 92 81 173
10 84 76 160
11 76 77 153
12 50 38 88
13 24 34 58

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 85.8%
White, Other 3.3%
African 1.8%
Mixed, Other 1.6%
Unclassified 1.4%
White & Asian 1.1%
Asian, Other 1.1%
White & Black (African) 0.8%
Indian 0.6%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.5%
Chinese 0.4%
Pakistani 0.2%
Irish 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2023-10-12
Date Description Report
2023-09-14 School inspection School inspection
2020-10-01 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2018-01-11 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2015-12-10 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2015-06-03 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2015-01-28 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2014-10-06 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2014-07-21 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2014-06-04 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2013-05-07 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2013-02-06 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-02-14 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
Previously as Sawtry Community College
2011-05-25 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2007-09-19 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2007-02-22 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2004-03-01 Full inspection Full inspection
2011-05-25 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2007-09-19 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2007-02-22 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2004-03-01 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)
49.4 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 46.4% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 66.7% 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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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 32.16 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 33.58 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C+ C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) C+ C+ C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 14.8% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 50 4
Third Preference 34 0
From another Local Authority 3 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
Sawtry Infants' School
Middlefield Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 5SH
0.28 miles
Sawtry Junior Academy
Middlefield Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 5SH
0.28 miles
Holme CofE Primary School
Church Street, Holme, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 3PB
3.02 miles
Stilton Church of England Primary Academy
Church Street, Stilton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 3RF
3.7 miles
Folksworth CofE Primary School
Apreece Road, Folksworth, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 3TY
4.17 miles
Alconbury CofE Primary School
School Lane, Alconbury, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 4EQ
4.66 miles
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