Sawston Village College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2019
4.306 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 1 March 2019
Year 7 last distance offered, 2018–2019 (miles)
Sawston Village College is a secondary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 5 May 2023. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2018 to 2019 entry.
Sawston 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 2019 | 4.306 mi |
| Year 7 2018 | 2.962 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2019, the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 4.306 miles away, the 5th longest of 9 Cambridgeshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- There were 238 first-choice applications for 231 offers for Year 7 in 2026; 219 offers went to first-choice families, while 19 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- There are 20.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.1 across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Cambridgeshire.
- 2024/25 GCSE English and maths: 61% got grade 5 or above (England 45%), the 4th 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
- New Road, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3BP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,198 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 5 May 2023
Strengths
- “Sawston is a welcoming, friendly and caring school.”
- “Leaders and teachers share high expectations of what pupils can achieve.”
- “They seek to ‘unlock potential’ in all learners, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “In some subjects, leaders realise that new knowledge could be introduced more precisely.”
- “Some vulnerable pupils, including some pupils with SEND, do not attend as regularly as other pupils.”
- “They recognise that there is still more to be done.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 June 2023 (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) | 61% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 55.5 | 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: 238 first-preference applications, 231 offers in total, 219 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.
- Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology 3.4 mi School remains Good
- The Netherhall School 3.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Trumpington Community College 4.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Bede's Inter-Church School 4.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Coleridge Community College 4.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Linton Village College 5.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Parkside Community College 5.6 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Chesterton Community College 6.5 mi Not judged Last distance published