Impington Village College
New Road, Impington, Cambridge, CB24 9LX
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- EASTERN LEARNING ALLIANCE
- Principal
- Ms Jo Sale
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Eastern Learning Alliance
- SEN provision
- PD - Physical Disability
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,370
- Pupils on roll
- 1,446
- URN
- 137826
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01223200400
About this school
Impington Village College is a secondary academy in Cambridge. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,446 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
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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 227 | 237 | 236 |
| Attainment 8 score | 56.8 | 57.9 | 58.6 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.65 +0.46 to +0.83 | +0.65 +0.46 to +0.83 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 59% | 67.1% | 66.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 78% | 80.6% | 77.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 73% | 70.9% | 74.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
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 Impington 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 | 56.8 | 38.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 57.9 | 38 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 58.6 | 36.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,418 |
| 2023/24 | 1,432 |
| 2024/25 | 1,449 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Impington Village College compares
Impington Village College ranked 4th of 34 secondary schools in Cambridgeshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 92% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 58.6 | 6.6% | 13.9% | 1,446 | — |
| North Cambridge Academy | 43.9 | 10.1% | 50.4% | 687 | 1.6 miles |
| Chesterton Community College | 68 | 5.5% | 17.5% | 1,126 | 2.1 miles |
| Cottenham Village College | 52 | 8.4% | 17.6% | 860 | 2.4 miles |
| Parkside Community College | 63.5 | 6.2% | 18.6% | 667 | 3.0 miles |
| Coleridge Community College | 55.1 | 8.9% | 38.9% | 553 | 4.1 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 13.87%
- English as an additional language
- 14.2%
- Overall absence
- 6.56%
- Persistent absence
- 15.25%
Location
Nearby schools
-
North Cambridge Academy1.6 miles
Secondary · Cambridge
-
Chesterton Community College2.1 miles
Secondary · Cambridge
-
Cottenham Village College2.4 miles
Secondary · Cambridge
-
Parkside Community College3.0 miles
Secondary · Cambridge
-
Coleridge Community College4.1 miles
Secondary · Cambridge
Other schools in Cambridge
Impington Village College ranks 4th 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
- Cottenham 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Impington Village College teach?
- Impington Village College teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Cambridge.
- Who is the principal of Impington Village College?
- The principal of Impington Village College is Ms Jo Sale, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Impington Village College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Impington 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 Impington Village College?
- Impington Village College has 1,446 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Impington Village College full?
- Impington Village College has capacity for 1,370 pupils and 1,446 on roll (106%), so it is at or above 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 Impington Village College a faith school?
- No. Impington Village College has no designated religious character.
- Is Impington Village College a selective school?
- No. Impington Village College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Impington Village College?
- Impington Village College is part of EASTERN LEARNING ALLIANCE. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Impington Village College have?
- The schools register lists Impington Village College's special educational needs provision as: PD - Physical Disability. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Impington Village College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 56.8 in 2022/23 and 58.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Impington Village College rank locally?
- Impington Village College ranked 4th of 34 secondary schools in Cambridgeshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 92% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Impington Village College's absence rate?
- Impington Village College's overall absence rate is 6.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Impington Village College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Impington 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.