Cottenham Village CollegeImpington Village College

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

Summary of the comparison

Cottenham Village College and Impington Village College are secondary schools in Cambridge.

  • Cottenham Village College scores 65 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Impington Village College scores 76 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Impington Village College is ahead on our composite score.

  • Cottenham Village College was judged Good and Impington Village College was judged exceptional.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 52.0 for Cottenham Village College and 58.6 for Impington Village College.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Cottenham Village College (57.9 in 2021-22, 52.0 in 2024-25) and has fallen at Impington Village College (62.2 in 2021-22, 58.6 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Cottenham Village College versus Impington Village College compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure CambridgeCottenham Village CollegeCambridgeImpington Village CollegeEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC65/100B76/100Stronger figure
Local ranking14th of 34 in Cambridgeshire 5th of 34 in Cambridgeshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-16 11-18
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll877 1,449
Capacity900 1,370
LocationCambridge, CB24 8UA Cambridge, CB24 9LX
GCSE results
Attainment 852.0 58.6 Stronger figure46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths56.5% 66.1% Stronger figure45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths75.3% 77.5% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc67.1% 74.6% Stronger figure40.5%
EBacc average point score5.00 5.69 Stronger figure4.09
Cohort170 236
A-level results
A-level entriesNot reported1
Pupils
Pupils in the census877 1,449
Free school meals (ever 6)17.6% 13.9%
English as an additional language9.9% 14.2%
SEN support11.2% 9.7%
SEN with an EHC plan3.4% 8.1%
Attendance
Overall absence8.4% 6.6% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence22.6% 15.3% 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.

Cottenham Village College

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