Bottisham Village College
Lode Road, Cambridge, CB25 9DL
1,396 pupils · 93% of 1,500 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- ANGLIAN LEARNING
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Free school meals
- 21.4%
Ofsted
Requires improvement (2024) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 26 March 2024, published 8 September 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 51.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 57.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 77.1% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 38.2% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.78 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 250 | 194 | 340 | 235 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 280 | 213 | 388 | 241 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 290 | 299 | 450 | 290 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 295 | 297 | 454 | 295 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 293 | 297 | 437 | 293 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 280 | 259 | 416 | 274 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 280 | 259 | 352 | 276 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 268 | 275 | 403 | 268 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Bede's Inter-Church School 7.4 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
- Coleridge Community College 7.9 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- The Netherhall School 7.9 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- North Cambridge Academy 8.5 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- Parkside Community College 8.9 km · Outstanding — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Chesterton Community College 9.2 km · No overall grade (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.