Admissions

As an Academy, the Academy Council is responsible for establishing the Admission Criteria and oversubscription criteria for the College; the Academy Council agreed to follow the admissions and oversubscription criteria set by Cambridgeshire County Council. These criteria have not been changed by the Academy Council following the establishment of the Academy. The responsibility for the administration of the Admissions process remains with the Local Authority.

The advertised admissions limit (PAN) for Swavesey Village College is 270 for Year 7 as of September 2025.

SVC Catchment Area 

Our catchment area is the area made up of the catchment areas of the following primary schools:

• Bar Hill
• Elsworth
• Fen Drayton
• Fenstanton & Hilton Primary school
• Over
• Pendragon Primary school, Papworth Everard
• Swavesey

Since 2005, applications to Swavesey have exceeded 240 and have been allocated on the basis of the College’s published over subscription criteria (see below).

If you would like to enroll your child at Swavesey Village College, both for Year 7 and for In-Year Admissions from 1st September to the following 31st August, please visit the Cambridgeshire County Council Admissions website:

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/children-and-families/schools-&-learning/apply-for-a-school-place/secondary-school/

contact:

School Admissions – ALC2605, PO Box 761, Huntingdon, PE29 9QR

Customer Service Telephone Number:  0345 045 1370

Email: admissions@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Oversubscription Criteria

SVC follows the oversubscription criteria of Cambridgeshire County Council as set out below:

Children who have a statement of special educational needs that names the school will be admitted. NB. Those children with a statement of special educational needs that does not name the school will be referred to Student Assessment and Resources (STAR) Team to determine an appropriate place.

1.  Children in Care, also known as Looked After Children (LAC) and children who were looked after but ceased to be so by reason of adoption, a residence order or a special guardianship order; and Children who appear to the Admission Authority to have been in state care (i.e. in the care of or accommodated by a public authority, religious organisation or any other provider whose sole/main purpose is to benefit society) outside of England but ceased to be so as a result of being adopted only;
2.  Children who live in the catchment area, attend primary schools within the catchment area and who have a sibling at the school at the time of admission;
3.  Children who live in the catchment area with a sibling at the school at the time of admission;
4.  Children who live in the catchment area who are attending the primary schools within it;
5.  Children who live in the catchment area;
6.  Children who live outside the catchment area, who are attending primary schools within it and who have a sibling at the school at the time of admission;
7.  Children who live outside the catchment area who have a sibling at the school at the time of admission;
8.  Children who live outside the catchment area who are attending the primary schools within the catchment area;
9.  Children who live outside the catchment area, but nearest the school as measured by a straight line.

In cases of equal merit in each set of criteria, priority will go to children living nearest the school as measured by a straight line. The distance, for admissions purposes, is measured using the straight line distance from the centre point of the home to the main pupil entrance to the school. These distances are produced by the LA Admissions team for the school. For families who live outside the area covered by the Cambridgeshire mapping system, distances are determined using a combination of local maps and on-line resources.

Appeals Procedure

The school follows the published appeals procedure set out by the Local Authority. Please click here

Admissions Policies