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Comberton Village College

General Information

  • Address: West Street, Comberton, Cambridge, CB23 7DU – View on map
  • Phone: 01223262503
  • Website: Visit school website
  • Headteacher: Ms Victoria Hearn
  • Age range: 11-18 years
  • Demand for places (Year 7, September 2026): 309 families put it first for 281 places – 11 for every 10 places. 90% of them were offered a place. 3 of the 281 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 12 · 2024 12 · 2025 12 · 2026 11
  • Sixth form: Yes
  • Intake: Mixed
  • Religious character: None
  • Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

1981 pupils out of 1700 places At or near capacity
  • Pupils eligible for free school meals: 219
  • % eligible for free school meals: 14.8%
  • Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (similar to the South Cambridgeshire average)
  • English as an additional language: 12% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

  • Teacher turnover: 8.4% a year (South Cambridgeshire 15.2%, typical in England 15.5%) Low turnover
  • Where they went: about 41% moved to another school, 59% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
  • Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

Across Cambridgeshire: suspensions by reason

  • Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 49 (1.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
  • Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
  • Suspensions for bullying: 49 (1.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
  • Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 19 (0.5 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
  • Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state secondary schools in Cambridgeshire (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

  • Overall absence: 6.9%
  • Persistently absent pupils: 15.1%
  • Data year: 2024/25

SEN

  • Resourced provision for Autism 50 places · 65 pupils at the last count

Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.

  • Pupils on SEN Support: 6.4%
  • Pupils with an EHC Plan: 7.8%
  • Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

  • Social, emotional and mental health: 50 pupils
  • Specific learning difficulty: 25 pupils
  • Moderate learning difficulty: 18 pupils
  • Autistic spectrum disorder: 18 pupils
  • SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 5 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

  • Autistic spectrum disorder: 80 pupils
  • Social, emotional and mental health: 23 pupils
  • Specific learning difficulty: 15 pupils
  • Moderate learning difficulty: 10 pupils
  • Other difficulty or disability: 8 pupils

These figures show the makeup of the school.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2024 report

  • Attainment 8 score: 55.7
  • Compared with the area: 2.4 points above the South Cambridgeshire average (53.3)
  • Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (+3.8 points against an expected 51.9)
  • Grade 4+ in English and maths: 76% (South Cambridgeshire 74%, England 65%) Broadly steady
  • Data year: 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

GCSE results over time

2022/232023/242024/2556.055.855.7
This schoolSouth Cambridgeshire averageEngland Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 2.4 points above the South Cambridgeshire average (53.3).

Leaver Destinations

  • In education, employment, or training a year later: 99.0%
  • Went into further education: 94.0%
  • Data year: 2024/25

GCSE Subjects Offered

  • Maths (General)
  • English Language
  • English Literature
  • Spanish
  • Science Double Award
  • Physics (General)
  • Biology
  • Chemistry (General)
  • Geography
  • Art & Design
  • Business Studies
  • History
  • Computer Science
  • Photography
  • Statistics
  • French Language
  • Religious Studies
  • D & T
  • German
  • Psychology (General)
  • Speech & Drama
  • Sports Studies
  • Music Studies (General)
  • Economics
  • Chinese
  • Polish
  • Latin
  • Russian
  • Persian Language
  • Japanese Language
  • Greek
  • Turkish
  • Urdu

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Financials

Spending per pupil: £9,009 (2024-25)

View on the Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool (GOV.UK)