Abbey College, Ramsey
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84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.1
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Melbourn Village College
- Pupils on roll
- 559of 740 places
- Free school meals
- 26.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 109
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 13 May 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Melbourn Village College (URN 110868, until 1 October 2011).
What the data says
Melbourn Village College has no sixth form. Of the 129 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 46% moved to a sixth form college, 26% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 46% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 21% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 42.3 against 46.1 across England and 48.1 in Cambridgeshire, with 38% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 | Melbourn Village College | Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 129 | 6,392 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 82% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 8% | 24% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 46% | 32% | 13% |
| — further education college | 26% | 29% | 37% |
| — other education | 3% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 7% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Melbourn Village College | Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 42.3 | 48.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% | 50% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% | 68% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 29% | 46% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.70 | 4.36 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 25% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 25.7 | 32.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 47.8 | 52.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 6% | 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 | 108 | 99% | 88% | 18% | 22% | 63% |
| English Language | 108 | 99% | 89% | 19% | 20% | 58% |
| English Literature | 99 | 91% | 86% | 18% | 21% | 63% |
| Combined Science | 60 | 55% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 33% |
| History | 52 | 48% | 41% | 19% | 26% | 52% |
| Geography | 51 | 47% | 41% | 14% | 25% | 65% |
| Physics | 47 | 43% | 23% | 19% | 46% | 83% |
| Biology | 47 | 43% | 23% | 17% | 45% | 81% |
| Chemistry | 47 | 43% | 23% | 17% | 47% | 85% |
| Business Studies | 46 | 42% | 18% | 11% | 20% | 57% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 43 | 39% | 8% | 9% | 21% | 53% |
| Spanish | 29 | 27% | 19% | 55% | 27% | 83% |
| Design and Technology | 24 | 22% | 11% | 4% | 23% | 17% |
| Media Studies | 23 | 21% | 4% | 26% | 20% | 57% |
| Fine Art | 22 | 20% | 9% | 86% | 28% | 100% |
| Psychology | 21 | 19% | 3% | 14% | 22% | 62% |
| Chinese | 17 | 16% | 1% | 65% | 75% | 88% |
| Drama | 13 | 12% | 7% | 8% | 27% | 85% |
| Computer Science | 13 | 12% | 13% | 15% | 30% | 38% |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 18 | — | — |
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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.