Sawtry Village AcademyAbbey College, Ramsey

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Sawtry Village Academy and Abbey College, Ramsey are secondary schools.

  • Sawtry Village Academy scores 65 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Abbey College, Ramsey scores 59 out of 100 (grade C, average). Sawtry Village Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • Sawtry Village Academy was judged Good and Abbey College, Ramsey was judged Good.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 49.4 for Sawtry Village Academy and 46.1 for Abbey College, Ramsey.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has held broadly level at Sawtry Village Academy (51.0 in 2021-22, 49.4 in 2024-25) and has fallen at Abbey College, Ramsey (50.3 in 2021-22, 46.1 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Sawtry Village Academy versus Abbey College, Ramsey compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure HuntingdonSawtry Village AcademyRamseyAbbey College, RamseyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC65/100Stronger figureC59/100
Local ranking12th of 34 in Cambridgeshire Stronger figure22nd of 34 in Cambridgeshire
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-18
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll1,085 1,056
Capacity1,200 1,250
LocationHuntingdon, PE28 5TQ Ramsey, PE26 1DG
GCSE results
Attainment 849.4 Stronger figure46.1 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths47.8% Stronger figure45.5% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths73.0% Stronger figure68.8% 64.8%
Entering EBacc50.9% 72.5% Stronger figure40.5%
EBacc average point score4.43 Stronger figure4.10 4.09
Cohort159 189
A-level results
A-level entries78 35
A-level average points33.8 Stronger figure31.8 35.0
A-level average gradeC+ C+
Best 3 A-levels points37.4 Stronger figure33.7 35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects22.2% Stronger figure11.1% 17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,085 1,056
Free school meals (ever 6)20.2% 26.5%
English as an additional language5.1% 5.3%
SEN support5.2% 3.9%
SEN with an EHC plan4.0% 3.3%
Attendance
Overall absence7.9% 7.0% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence19.0% 18.6% 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

A-level average points

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.

Sawtry Village Academy

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