Melbourn Village College
The Moor, Melbourn, Royston, SG8 6EF
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE CAM ACADEMY TRUST
- Principal
- Mrs Rachel Spencer
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- The Cam Academy Trust
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 740
- Pupils on roll
- 559
- URN
- 137527
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01763223400
About this school
Melbourn Village College is a secondary academy in Royston. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 559 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 129 | 137 | 109 |
| Attainment 8 score | 44.5 | 40.7 | 42.3 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.12 -0.37 to +0.13 | -0.48 -0.72 to -0.24 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47% | 32.1% | 37.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 65% | 51.1% | 52.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 37% | 24.1% | 29.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
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 Melbourn 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 | 44.5 | 38.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 40.7 | 38 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 42.3 | 36.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 633 |
| 2023/24 | 638 |
| 2024/25 | 585 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Melbourn Village College compares
Melbourn Village College ranked 27th of 34 secondary schools in Cambridgeshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 46% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42.3 | 9.1% | 25.1% | 559 | — |
| Bassingbourn Village College | 47.5 | 9.4% | 17.5% | 652 | 3.4 miles |
| Comberton Village College | 55.7 | 6.9% | 12.4% | 1,981 | 6.7 miles |
| Sawston Village College | 55.5 | 7.5% | 16.2% | 1,198 | 6.7 miles |
| Trumpington Community College | 50.4 | 8.3% | 38.9% | 613 | 7.8 miles |
| Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology | 56.8 | 7.4% | 22.2% | 455 | 7.9 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)
- 25.13%
- English as an additional language
- 5.3%
- Overall absence
- 9.14%
- Persistent absence
- 23.52%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bassingbourn Village College3.4 miles
Secondary · Royston
-
Comberton Village College6.7 miles
Secondary · Cambridge
-
Sawston Village College6.7 miles
Secondary · Cambridge
-
Trumpington Community College7.8 miles
Secondary · Cambridge
-
Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology7.9 miles
Secondary · Cambridge
Other schools in Royston
- Bassingbourn Village College Secondary
- Barley (VA) Church of England First School Primary
- Bassingbourn Primary School Primary
- Chrishall Holy Trinity and St Nicholas CofE (Aided) Primary School and Pre-School Primary
- Fowlmere Primary School Primary
- Icknield Walk First School Primary
- Melbourn Primary School Primary
- Petersfield CofE Aided Primary School Primary
- Reed First School Primary
- Roman Way Academy Primary
- St Mary Roman Catholic Primary School Primary
- Steeple Morden CofE VC Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Melbourn Village College teach?
- Melbourn Village College teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Royston.
- Who is the principal of Melbourn Village College?
- The principal of Melbourn Village College is Mrs Rachel Spencer, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Melbourn Village College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Melbourn 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 Melbourn Village College?
- Melbourn Village College has 559 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Melbourn Village College full?
- Melbourn Village College has capacity for 740 pupils and 559 on roll (76%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Melbourn Village College a faith school?
- No. Melbourn Village College has no designated religious character.
- Is Melbourn Village College a selective school?
- No. Melbourn Village College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Melbourn Village College?
- Melbourn Village College is part of THE CAM ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Melbourn Village College have?
- The schools register lists Melbourn Village College's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Melbourn Village College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 44.5 in 2022/23 and 42.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Melbourn Village College rank locally?
- Melbourn Village College ranked 27th of 34 secondary schools in Cambridgeshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 46% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Melbourn Village College's absence rate?
- Melbourn Village College's overall absence rate is 9.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Melbourn Village College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Melbourn 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 1 July 2026.