Bottisham Village College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2018–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Bottisham Village College is a secondary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 26 March 2024. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2018 to 2026 entry.
Bottisham 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 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2019 | 4.284 mi |
| Year 7 2018 | 9.973 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as was the case at all 11 other Cambridgeshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 194 first-choice applications for 250 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 56 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Places ran out (a last distance was published) for Year 7 in 2 of the 5 earlier years, and the distance swung sharply between some years.
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Cambridgeshire.
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
- Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB25 9DL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,396 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 26 March 2024
Strengths
- “The school sets high expectations for pupils’ success.”
- “Many pupils do well in examinations and develop an impressive range of skills and attributes.”
- “A wide range of popular clubs and trips are provided.”
To improve
- “However, support in class for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is not always as good as it should be.”
- “Some classes are varied and interesting but in others time is not used as effectively.”
- “However, bullying by a minority of pupils does happen.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 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) | 58% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 51.1 | 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: 194 first-preference applications, 250 offers in total, 194 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.
- St Bede's Inter-Church School 4.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Coleridge Community College 4.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Netherhall School 4.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- North Cambridge Academy 5.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Parkside Community College 5.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Chesterton Community College 5.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology 6.0 mi School remains Good
- Impington Village College 6.1 mi Not judged Last distance published