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6.644miles
was the furthest place offered on offer day for 2026-27 (Year 7). That is how far the last place reached in ONE year — not a boundary, and not a guarantee. It moves with the number of applicants, so treat it as a guide rather than a line on a map.
Last distance offered at Cambourne Village College, year by year →
When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.
If two applications tie: In cases of equal merit within a criterion, priority goes to children living nearest the school, measured by a straight line from the centre point of the home to the main pupil entrance to the school (distances produced by the Local Authority's Admissions team, or by local maps/online resources outside the Cambridgeshire mapping system). Where the distance between two children's homes and the school is the same, random allocation is used: names are placed in separate sealed envelopes and an independent person chosen by the Local Authority selects one.
This is a shared The CAM Academy Trust document covering multiple primary and secondary schools (Cambourne Village College, Comberton Village College, Melbourn Village College, St Peter's School, and several primaries); the Secondary Oversubscription criteria (7.2.2), which apply to all Trust secondaries including Cambourne Village College, are reproduced here. The catchment area (Appendix 1) is defined as the home address being in the catchment of one of the named feeder primary schools listed. Children whose EHC plan names the school are admitted before these criteria are applied; not numbered within the list so not included as a criterion.
Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.
Same phase, ranked by distance and how closely they match.
Comberton Village College
secondary · 7.4 km away
Impington Village College
secondary · 14.0 km away
Longsands Academy
secondary · Good · 11.7 km away
Hinchingbrooke School
secondary · Strong standard · 14.7 km away
St Ivo Academy
secondary · Good · 12.5 km away
Chesterton Community College
secondary · 13.9 km away
Separately-registered childcare operating at this school's site, each with its own Ofsted record.
Children attending these settings are given priority in this school's admissions.
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