Cambourne Village College's first sixth-form cohort collected A-levels on 13 August. Top grade A*AA, with students off to Warwick, Nottingham and Cardiff.
Cambourne Sixth Form has published results for the first time. Its opening cohort of Year 13 students collected A-level and BTEC grades on Thursday 13 August, and the college set out how they did the same day. Until the sixth form opened, students finishing Year 11 at the college had to go elsewhere to study at 16.
The college named the top individual results. One student took A*AA in maths, physics and chemistry. Another took A*A*B in art, geography and maths, and a third AAB in maths, psychology and sociology. Two BTEC Extended Diploma students were awarded DDM. We have not named the students, who are private individuals.
Where the first cohort is going
The college says the vast majority of students are moving on to their first choice university course, with others taking apprenticeships or jobs. From its own account, the cohort is heading to:
- universities including Warwick, Nottingham and Cardiff
- degree courses in law, biochemistry, PPE, computer science and physics
- apprenticeships in civil engineering and finance
Frankie Rose, Head of Sixth Form, said she was “over the moon for all of our students moving on to their chosen pathways”. She added that “some of our students have faced significant personal challenges, so to see them attain strong grades and take their next steps with our support is hugely rewarding”.
Lynn Mayes, Principal of Cambourne Village College, said the results “reflect the hard work of students and staff, and the amazing progress our young people have made”. She described opening the sixth form as “an exciting privilege”.
What the college has not published yet
Worth being straight about the limits of this. The college has published individual highlights and destinations, not a cohort-wide figure. There is no published pass rate, no percentage at A* to B and no average grade for the year group. Nor is there official comparison data: the college’s own results page says that “as we are a new Sixth Form, our first set of results data will be available following the 2026 Summer Exams”. That means the Department for Education’s post-16 performance tables will carry Cambourne for the first time when they are published, and only then can the sixth form be compared with Comberton, Hills Road or Long Road.
At GCSE, where the college does have a record, its published figures show an Attainment 8 score of 5.2 in 2025, 5.0 in 2024 and 5.1 in 2023, with Progress 8 at +0.30 in 2024 and +0.34 in 2023.
A school that has grown faster than its buildings
The sixth form arrived at a college already full. Cambourne Village College opened on 1 September 2013 as a new free school and now teaches ages 11 to 18. The Department for Education’s register of schools records a capacity of 1,250 places and 1,626 pupils on roll at the January 2026 school census. That is 376 more pupils than places.
The register also records that 18.2% of pupils, 261 in all, were eligible for free school meals. The college is part of the CAM Academy Trust, which also runs Comberton Village College and Comberton Sixth Form, Melbourn Village College, Hinchingbrooke School and St Peter’s School, along with a group of primary schools including Gamlingay Village Primary and Jeavons Wood in Cambourne.
What it means for you
If you have a child at the college, GCSE results day is Thursday 20 August, and the college’s own calendar lists Year 7 and Year 12 back in school on Wednesday 2 September, with all year groups in from Thursday 3 September. A staff training day falls on Tuesday 1 September.
If you are choosing post-16 study, this is the first year Cambourne has a track record of its own, however thin. For families in the western villages it is a practical point rather than an academic one: a sixth form in Cambourne is a sixth form reachable without the run into Cambridge, which matters more than usual this autumn given the roadworks on the A14 and around Black Cat.
More Cambourne coverage: our planning news page tracks development across the village, and our house prices page tracks what homes near the college sell for.
Sources
- CamSF Results Day 2026, Cambourne Village College, 13 August 2026 for the grades, destinations and quotations.
- Our Results, Cambourne Village College for the GCSE figures and the statement that post-16 data follows the 2026 summer exams.
- Get Information About Schools, Cambourne Village College, URN 139408 for the opening date, age range, capacity, pupils on roll and free school meal eligibility, published under the Open Government Licence.
- The CAM Academy Trust for the list of trust schools.
- Term dates and GCSE results day from the college’s own published calendar.
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