Melbourn Village College
About the school
Melbourn Village College is an open secondary school in Cambridgeshire.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 13 May 2025
- Published
- 19 June 2025
- Inspection type
- Serious Weaknesses S5 Reinspection
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 42.3
- Cambridgeshire
- 48.1
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Cambridgeshire
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 37.60%
- Cambridgeshire
- 49.60%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 52.30%
- Cambridgeshire
- 67.50%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 29.40%
- Cambridgeshire
- 45.60%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.7
- Cambridgeshire
- 4.36
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
585
Girls
46.67%
Boys
53.33%
SEN support
5.13%
Education, health and care plan
7.18%
English as an additional language
5.30%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
25.13%
Overall absence
9.14
Persistent absence
23.52
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
129
Sustained education or employment
94%
Education
82%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
7%
Not sustained
5%