Littleport & East Cambs Academy
Camel Road, Littleport, Ely, CB6 1EW
This school is closed (it closed in August 2023).
It was replaced by Vista Academy Littleport. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mrs Caroline Starling
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
- Capacity
- 600
- Pupils on roll
- 543
- URN
- 140881
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
About this school
Littleport & East Cambs Academy was a secondary academy in Ely. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 543 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Littleport & East Cambs Academy has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2017, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 103 |
| Attainment 8 score | 37.7 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.89 -1.16 to -0.61 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 29% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 50% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 48% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.4 |
How Littleport & East Cambs Academy compares
Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 12.3% | 27.4% | 543 | — |
| Vista Academy Littleport | 38.8 | 8.9% | 29.3% | 547 | 0.1 miles |
| Ely College | 49.7 | 7.7% | 16% | 1,635 | 4.2 miles |
| Witchford Village College | 44.5 | 9.8% | 26.2% | 804 | 6.2 miles |
| Soham Village College | 51.2 | 7.2% | 19% | 1,436 | 9.4 miles |
| Neale-Wade Academy | 34.8 | 10% | 38.4% | 1,130 | 10.2 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.4%
- English as an additional language
- 5.9%
- Overall absence
- 12.3%
- Persistent absence
- 31.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Vista Academy Littleport0.1 miles
Secondary · Ely
-
Ely College4.2 miles
Secondary · Ely
-
Witchford Village College6.2 miles
Secondary · Ely
-
Soham Village College9.4 miles
Secondary · Ely
-
Neale-Wade Academy10.2 miles
Secondary · March
Other schools in Ely
- Ely College Secondary
- Soham Village College Secondary
- Vista Academy Littleport Secondary
- Witchford Village College Secondary
- Downham Feoffees Primary Academy Primary
- Ely St John's Community Primary School Primary
- Ely St Mary's CofE Junior School Primary
- Fordham CofE Primary School Primary
- Isle of Ely Primary School Primary
- Isleham Church of England Primary School Primary
- Lantern Community Primary School Primary
- Little Thetford CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Littleport & East Cambs Academy teach?
- Littleport & East Cambs Academy taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Ely.
- Has Littleport & East Cambs Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Littleport & East Cambs Academy under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Littleport & East Cambs Academy?
- Littleport & East Cambs Academy had 543 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- What are Littleport & East Cambs Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Littleport & East Cambs Academy'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 13 September 2023.