Bottisham Village CollegeSt Bede's Inter-Church School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Cambridge.

Summary of the comparison

Bottisham Village College and St Bede's Inter-Church School are secondary schools in Cambridge.

  • Bottisham Village College scores 53 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and St Bede's Inter-Church School scores 85 out of 100 (grade A, exceptional). St Bede's Inter-Church School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Bottisham Village College was judged Requires improvement and St Bede's Inter-Church School was judged Outstanding.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 51.1 for Bottisham Village College and 61.6 for St Bede's Inter-Church School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Bottisham Village College (53.2 in 2021-22, 51.1 in 2024-25) and has fallen at St Bede's Inter-Church School (68.1 in 2021-22, 61.6 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Bottisham Village College versus St Bede's Inter-Church School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure CambridgeBottisham Village CollegeCambridgeSt Bede's Inter-Church SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD53/100A85/100Stronger figure
Local ranking27th of 34 in Cambridgeshire 1st of 34 in Cambridgeshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: Requires improvementOfsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-16 11-16
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll1,465 938
Capacity1,500 903
LocationCambridge, CB25 9DL Cambridge, CB1 3TD
GCSE results
Attainment 851.1 61.6 Stronger figure46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths57.7% 73.9% Stronger figure45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths77.1% 85.6% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc38.2% 71.1% Stronger figure40.5%
EBacc average point score4.53 5.86 Stronger figure4.09
Cohort293 180
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,465 938
Free school meals (ever 6)20.8% 16.0%
English as an additional language9.1% 25.3%
SEN support16.8% 6.0%
SEN with an EHC plan3.1% 8.8%
Attendance
Overall absence8.6% 6.8% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence21.7% 11.6% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Bottisham Village College

St Bede's Inter-Church School

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