Bottisham Village College

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Flags

3

0 high

Requires improvement — Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Leadership & managementWorkforce pressure indicatorsOverall absence at 8.6%
Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Mar 2024Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Per-pupil income

£7,380.85

2023/24

Staff costs % of income

68.1%

DfE considers above 78% a concern

Reserves

0.0%

of income

In-year balance

+6.5%

of income

Key indicators

Requires improvement — Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Leadership & management

Most recent Ofsted rated Requires Improvement in: Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Leadership & management.

Workforce pressure indicators

Elevated: vacancy rate 3.5%.

Overall absence at 8.6%

National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 8.6%.

Latest Ofsted inspection

Requires improvement

26 March 2024 · S5 Inspection

Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour & attitudes

Requires improvement

Personal development

Good

Leadership & management

Requires improvement
SafeguardingEffective

Performance snapshot

Progress 8Measures how much progress pupils make between KS2 and KS4, compared to pupils with similar starting points. 0 is average; positive means above average.
Attainment 8Average score across 8 GCSE-equivalent subjects. Higher is better. National average is around 46.51.1
Basics 9–4 (Eng & Maths)Percentage of pupils achieving grade 4 or above in both English and maths GCSEs.77.1%
Basics 9–5 (Eng & Maths)57.7%
EBacc entryPercentage of pupils entered for the English Baccalaureate: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.38.2%

2024/25 · KS4

School demographics

Pupils on roll

1,465

Capacity

1,500 (98%)

Free school meals

20.4%

English additional lang.

9.1%

Ethnicity

White British 74.7%Asian 5.8%Black 1.6%Mixed 5.5%Chinese 1.6%Other 0.2%

Age range: 1116

Workforce

FTE teachersFull-time equivalent: a measure of workforce size where part-time staff are counted proportionally.

90.4

Pupil:teacher ratioNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.

16.2

Mean salary

£44,763

Turnover

Vacancy rate

0.0%

Sickness (days)

Attendance

Overall absence

8.6%

National avg: 6.2%

Persistent absencePupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.

21.7%

10%+ sessions missed

Authorised absence

6.7%

Unauthorised absence

1.9%

2024/25 · 1,518 pupils