Linton Village College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2021
Every applicant was offered a place
From Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 1 March 2021
Year 7 last distance offered, 2018–2021 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Linton Village College is a secondary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 April 2024. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2018 to 2021 entry.
Linton Village College catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2019 | 16.511 mi |
| Year 7 2018 | 5.816 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2026 entry drew 170 first-choice applications for 145 offers: 1.2 first choices per offer, the 7th highest of 32 Cambridgeshire secondary schools.
- In 2026 Year 7 entry, 139 offers went to first-choice families, and 31 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 159 of the 295 applications (54%) for Year 7 2026 came from families living outside Cambridgeshire, and 41 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 52.4 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Cambridgeshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Cambridge Road, Linton, Cambridge, CB21 4JB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 766 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils have positive relationships with staff and each other.”
- “They benefit from the good subject knowledge of their teachers and the orderly environment in classrooms and around the school.”
- “They work hard to remember the knowledge they are taught and to show their understanding.”
To improve
- “Teachers do not always select learning activities well enough to ensure pupils make progress by building on what they already know.”
- “Some pupils are not clear about how the school’s behaviour systems work and think that pupils are not all treated in the same way.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 56% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 52.4 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 170 first-preference applications, 145 offers in total, 139 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Cambridgeshire.
- Sawston Village College 5.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Netherhall School 7.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology 7.5 mi School remains Good
- St Bede's Inter-Church School 7.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Coleridge Community College 8.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Trumpington Community College 8.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Bottisham Village College 8.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Parkside Community College 9.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published