Witchford Village College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Ely, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2025
Every applicant was offered a place
From Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 3 March 2025
Year 7 last distance offered, 2018–2025 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Witchford Village College is a secondary school in Ely, Cambridgeshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 25 January 2023. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2018 to 2025 entry.
Witchford 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 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2024 | 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2018 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Year 7 2025, every applicant was offered a place; the published admission number for Year 7 2026 was 180 places.
- Year 7 2026 had 164 first-choice applications for 167 offers; 155 offers went to first-choice families, and 9 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 39% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Cambridgeshire.
- The 2024/25 Attainment 8 score was 44.5 (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
- Manor Road, Witchford, Ely, CB6 2JA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 804 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
School remains Good Inspected 25 January 2023
Strengths
- “Witchford is indeed a ‘small school with big ambitions’.”
- “Pupils develop their interests because leaders have based the curriculum around these interests.”
- “Pupils study a curriculum that now has higher academic expectations about what they can achieve.”
To improve
- “Some pupils have concerns about the comments a small number of pupils make, which can make them feel uncomfortable.”
- “Some pupils have not taken up these opportunities, but leaders are addressing this.”
- “However, a small number of pupils do not take enough responsibility for how they behave towards others.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 March 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) | 39% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.5 | 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: 164 first-preference applications, 167 offers in total, 155 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.
- Ely College 2.2 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Vista Academy Littleport 6.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Soham Village College 6.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Cottenham Village College 8.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Impington Village College 10.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Swavesey Village College 11.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Neale-Wade Academy 11.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bottisham Village College 11.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published