Cottenham Village College
High Street, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB24 8UA
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- ASTREA ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Hanan McKeand
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Astrea Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 860
- URN
- 137434
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01954288944
About this school
Cottenham Village College is a secondary academy in Cambridge. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 860 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 176 | 170 | 170 |
| Attainment 8 score | 52.4 | 50.8 | 52.0 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.24 +0.02 to +0.46 | +0.26 +0.04 to +0.48 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 65% | 59.4% | 56.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 81% | 74.7% | 75.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 51% | 50.6% | 67.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.0 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Cottenham Village College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Cambridgeshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 52.4 | 38.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 50.8 | 38 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 52 | 36.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 879 |
| 2023/24 | 877 |
| 2024/25 | 877 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cottenham Village College compares
Cottenham Village College ranked 11th of 34 secondary schools in Cambridgeshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 81% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 52 | 8.4% | 17.6% | 860 | — |
| Impington Village College | 58.6 | 6.6% | 13.9% | 1,446 | 2.4 miles |
| North Cambridge Academy | 43.9 | 10.1% | 50.4% | 687 | 3.9 miles |
| Chesterton Community College | 68 | 5.5% | 17.5% | 1,126 | 4.5 miles |
| Parkside Community College | 63.5 | 6.2% | 18.6% | 667 | 5.4 miles |
| Swavesey Village College | 54.6 | 7.8% | 16.3% | 1,254 | 5.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 17.56%
- English as an additional language
- 9.9%
- Overall absence
- 8.38%
- Persistent absence
- 22.61%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Impington Village College2.4 miles
Secondary · Cambridge
-
North Cambridge Academy3.9 miles
Secondary · Cambridge
-
Chesterton Community College4.5 miles
Secondary · Cambridge
-
Parkside Community College5.4 miles
Secondary · Cambridge
-
Swavesey Village College5.6 miles
Secondary · Cambridge
Other schools in Cambridge
Cottenham Village College ranks 11th of the 17 ranked secondary schools in Cambridge.
- Bottisham Village College Secondary
- Cambourne Village College Secondary
- Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology Secondary
- Chesterton Community College Secondary
- Coleridge Community College Secondary
- Comberton Village College Secondary
- Impington Village College Secondary
- Linton Village College Secondary
- North Cambridge Academy Secondary
- Parkside Community College Secondary
- Sawston Village College Secondary
- St Bede's Inter-Church School Secondary
Recorded changes at this school
Previous headteacher: Mr Adam Scourfield (until July 2026).
- Headteacher changed from Mr Adam Scourfield to Mrs Hanan McKeand recorded 21 Jul 2026
Common questions
- What year groups does Cottenham Village College teach?
- Cottenham Village College teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Cambridge.
- Who is the headteacher of Cottenham Village College?
- The headteacher of Cottenham Village College is Mrs Hanan McKeand, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Cottenham Village College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cottenham Village College, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Cottenham Village College?
- Cottenham Village College has 860 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Cottenham Village College full?
- Cottenham Village College has capacity for 900 pupils and 860 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Cottenham Village College a faith school?
- No. Cottenham Village College has no designated religious character.
- Is Cottenham Village College a selective school?
- No. Cottenham Village College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Cottenham Village College?
- Cottenham Village College is part of ASTREA ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Cottenham Village College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 52.4 in 2022/23 and 52 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cottenham Village College rank locally?
- Cottenham Village College ranked 11th of 34 secondary schools in Cambridgeshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 81% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cottenham Village College's absence rate?
- Cottenham Village College's overall absence rate is 8.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cottenham Village College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cottenham Village College's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 21 July 2026.