Soham Village College, Ely

From the headteacher's welcome: "The College was established in 1958 as the seventh village college in Cambridgeshire, and was the inspiration of education pioneer Henry Morris. Morris believed in the power of schools to transform their local communities by providing learning from cradle to grave - motivating and engaging learners of all ages and all abilities."

In 2026, pupils at Soham Village College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 52.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.3 in Cambridgeshire and 47 across England.

54% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 52% in Cambridgeshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 51.2 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.75: pupils made well 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 40.1, against 55 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 14.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 29 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 333 families put Soham Village College as their first choice and 477 named it as one of their preferences, for 257 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 77 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Soham 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 266 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 85% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 29% to a further education college, 6% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

9.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Soham, about 920 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Brook Dam Lane (opposite), 230 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 37 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Cambridgeshire (57).

In 2024/25, Soham Village College issued 31 suspensions, 2.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Soham Village College are St Andrew's CofE Primary School (0.1 miles), The Weatheralls Primary School (0.5 miles) and The Shade Primary School (1.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.