UK Schools
Cambourne Village College
Cambourne Village College is a mixed secondary free school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire County Council, teaching 1,626 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted graded quality of education as Outstanding at its most recent inspection in March 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 51.7 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 19 December 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Cambourne Village College.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Cambourne Village College.
- 1 Staff Professional Day
- 2 Year 7 and Year 12 pupils only
- 3 All pupils in school
- 24 Cross Trust Training Day
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 19 Last day of Autumn Term
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day
- 5 Staff Professional Day
- 6 All pupils return to school
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 27 Last day of Spring Term
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 13 Staff Professional Day
- 14 All pupils return to school
- 4 May Day Bank Holiday
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 17 Last Day of Summer Term
- 20 Staff Professional Day
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff Professional Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Year 7 and Year 12 pupils only Sep 2, 2025 Event
- All pupils in school Sep 3, 2025 Event
- Cross Trust Training Day Oct 24, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- Last day of Autumn Term Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Staff Professional Day Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
- All pupils return to school Jan 6, 2026 Event
- Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Last day of Spring Term Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Staff Professional Day Apr 13, 2026 Inset Day
- All pupils return to school Apr 14, 2026 Event
- May Day Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Last Day of Summer Term Jul 17, 2026 Term
- Staff Professional Day Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
- New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
- Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Cambourne Village College with Cambridgeshire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 51.7 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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Attendance 15.5% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 95% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Cambourne Village College. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Cambourne Village College than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.