Academy converter · Primary
Ely · CB7 5AA · Cambridgeshire
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 136610
Soham Village College
Academy converter · Ely · CB7 5AA
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–16
Pupils
1,436
Local authority
Cambridgeshire
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Ely, Cambridgeshire, 1,436 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 21.2%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 136610
Location
- Address
- Sand Street, Soham
- Postcode
- CB7 5AA
- Town
- Ely
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- District
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 1,436
- Boys / girls
- 750 / 686
- School capacity
- 1,350
- Capacity fill
- 1,436 / 1,350 (106%)
- Free school meals
- 21.2%
- FSM pupils
- 305
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: ANGLIAN LEARNING
- Academy trust
- ANGLIAN LEARNING
- Sponsor
- Anglian Learning
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Jon Hampson
- Telephone
- 01353724100
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Outstanding
Inspection date
2024-06-19
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 53.0
- Progress 8
- 0.8
- English & maths grade 5+
- 56%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 79%
- EBacc entry
- 17%
- EBacc APS
- 4.5