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3.415miles
was the furthest place offered on offer day for 2024-25 (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 Melbourn 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 each criterion, priority will go to children living nearest the school as measured by a straight line, from the centre point of the home to the main pupil entrance to the school. Where the distance between two children's homes and the school is the same, random allocation will be used (names placed in sealed envelopes, chosen by an independent person).
This is a CAM Academy Trust document; the criteria above ('7.2.2 Secondary Oversubscription criteria') are shared wording that applies to all the Trust's secondary schools, of which Melbourn Village College is one (PAN 148 is specific to Melbourn Village College). All children whose EHC plan names one of the Trust's schools are admitted before other places are allocated, subject to suitability. Sibling criteria (2 and 3) exclude siblings attending Sixth Form. The named feeder primary schools and catchment area for Melbourn Village College are listed in the document's Appendix 1.
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.
Bassingbourn Village College
secondary · Good · 5.5 km away
Coleridge Community College
secondary · Good · 14.8 km away
Trumpington Community College
secondary · Good · 12.2 km away
Sawston Village College
secondary · Good · 10.8 km away
The Netherhall School
secondary · Good · 14.4 km away
Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology
secondary · Good · 12.7 km away
Children attending these settings are given priority in this school's admissions.
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