Bottisham Village College, Cambridge

In its own words: "Our current College Improvement Plan began this year, focusing on the three priorities below: Please click on the icon below to see a copy of our current College Imprvement Plan:"

From the headteacher's welcome: "Bottisham Village College is a member of Anglian Learning , a multi-academy trust of 16 schools across East Anglia. We are an ambitious, innovative, comprehensive school, based in the heart of rural East Cambridgeshire and we take great pride in our vision: to inspire, to care for and to enrich the lives of every student within our community."

In 2026, pupils at Bottisham Village College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.3 in Cambridgeshire and 47 across England.

53% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 52% in Cambridgeshire and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 51.1.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.12: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 36.4, against 54.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 17.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were History, Combined Science and Biology.

For September 2026 entry, 194 families put Bottisham Village College as their first choice and 340 named it as one of their preferences, for 250 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Bottisham Village College are St Bede's Inter-Church School (4.6 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 62.9); Coleridge Community College (4.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 58.7); and The Netherhall School (4.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.8).

Bottisham Village College's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Bottisham Village College is one of 22 schools run by Anglian Learning, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50 in 2024/25.

Of the 274 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 84% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 26% to a further education college, 6% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

8.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (76%), Asian (6%) and Mixed (6%).

The nearest railway station is Waterbeach Rail Station, about 3.6 miles away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bottisham Village College (outside), 150 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 5 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, burglary and vehicle crime. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Cambridgeshire (57).

In 2024/25, Bottisham Village College issued 46 suspensions, 3.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Bottisham Village College are Bottisham Community Primary School (0.5 miles) and Swaffham Bulbeck Church of England Primary School (1.3 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.