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Swavesey Village College
- Pupils on roll
- 1,254of 1,350 places
- Free school meals
- 15.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 245
- Ofsted
- Outstanding, 30 January 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Swavesey Village College (URN 110863, until 1 April 2011).
What the data says
Swavesey Village College has no sixth form. Of the 263 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 44% moved to a sixth form college, 21% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 44% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 54.6 against 46.1 across England and 48.1 in Cambridgeshire, with 59% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 22% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Cambridgeshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Swavesey Village College | Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 263 | 6,392 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 87% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 21% | 24% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 44% | 32% | 13% |
| — further education college | 21% | 29% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Swavesey Village College | Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 54.6 | 48.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 59% | 50% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 79% | 68% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 56% | 46% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.98 | 4.36 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 16% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 37.5 | 32.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 57.7 | 52.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 10% | 14% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 241 | 98% | 88% | 39% | 22% | 87% |
| English Language | 239 | 98% | 89% | 28% | 20% | 84% |
| English Literature | 234 | 96% | 86% | 24% | 21% | 81% |
| Religious Studies | 229 | 93% | 31% | 28% | 32% | 72% |
| Combined Science | 138 | 56% | 65% | 5% | 9% | 67% |
| Geography | 111 | 45% | 41% | 50% | 25% | 89% |
| History | 105 | 43% | 41% | 29% | 26% | 67% |
| Biology | 99 | 40% | 23% | 62% | 45% | 98% |
| Chemistry | 99 | 40% | 23% | 61% | 47% | 98% |
| Physics | 98 | 40% | 23% | 64% | 46% | 99% |
| French | 94 | 38% | 18% | 39% | 29% | 84% |
| Spanish | 67 | 27% | 19% | 28% | 27% | 81% |
| Art and Design | 54 | 22% | 7% | 28% | 24% | 96% |
| Computer Science | 46 | 19% | 13% | 43% | 30% | 78% |
| Physical Education | 39 | 16% | 11% | 62% | 24% | 97% |
| Photography | 33 | 13% | 6% | 18% | 19% | 100% |
| Drama | 27 | 11% | 7% | 22% | 27% | 89% |
| German | 25 | 10% | 5% | 40% | 33% | 76% |
| Music | 25 | 10% | 5% | 16% | 33% | 64% |
| Dance | 20 | 8% | 1% | 10% | 27% | 75% |
| Design and Technology | 20 | 8% | 11% | 45% | 23% | 85% |
| Chinese | 4 | 2% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Polish | 3 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Modern Hebrew | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 83% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing Engineering | 43 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 40 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 36 | — | — |
| Beauty Care / Services | 21 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 20 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 17 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 11 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 9 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.