Secondary
Soham Village College
Sand Street, Soham, Ely, CB7 5AA
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1436 of 1350 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.8
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Trust
- ANGLIAN LEARNING
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 84.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 124.5
- Pupils per adult
- 11.4
- Pupils
- 1,413
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected June 2024
Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
March 2023
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)December 2016
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
55%
10 points above the Ely average (45% across 4 schools)
51.2
5.2 above the Ely average (46.0 across 4 schools)
1st of 4 by our score, among the secondary schools in Ely we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 51.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.42 |
| Entered the EBacc | 21% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 55% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 62% |
| 22/23 | 58% |
| 23/24 | 56% |
| 24/25 | 55% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.60 |
| 22/23 | +0.83 |
| 23/24 | +0.75 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 57.5 |
| 22/23 | 55.0 |
| 23/24 | 53.0 |
| 24/25 | 51.2 |
Sand Street, Soham, Ely, CB7 5AA
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Cambridgeshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Jon Hampson
- Address
- Sand Street, Soham, Ely, CB7 5AA
- Telephone
- 01353724100