Melbourn Village College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Royston, 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.
Melbourn Village College is a secondary school in Royston, Cambridgeshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 13 May 2025. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2018 to 2026 entry.
Melbourn 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 2022 | 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 | 7.636 mi |
| Year 7 2018 | 38.263 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Ofsted's latest outcome, on 13 May 2025, was Not judged; the previous graded outcome, on 3 July 2023, was Inadequate.
- Every Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at all 11 other Cambridgeshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 in 2026 saw 70 first-choice applications for 102 offers (0.7 per offer, the 5th lowest of 32 Cambridgeshire secondary schools); every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 38% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 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
- The Moor, Melbourn, Royston, SG8 6EF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 559 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 13 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school and are delighted by the improvements that have been made.”
- “They enjoy coming to Melbourn Village College to learn and to spend time with their friends.”
- “They feel settled because staff share clear and consistent expectations for behaviour and learning.”
To improve
- “However, other pupils do not take advantage of wider opportunities and therefore do not consistently benefit from different experiences.”
- “However, pupils’ experiences of learning are not consistently strong across the school.”
- “Sometimes, pupils do not get the right support to help them meet the ambition of the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 June 2025 (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) | 38% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.3 | 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: 70 first-preference applications, 102 offers in total, 70 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.
- Bassingbourn Village College 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Comberton Village College 6.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sawston Village College 6.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Trumpington Community College 7.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology 7.9 mi School remains Good
- The Netherhall School 8.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Coleridge Community College 9.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Parkside Community College 9.3 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published