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Vista Academy Littleport
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Camel Road, Ely CB6 1EW · vista.tela.org.uk · 01353 223300
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Nov 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 38.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Cambridgeshire 48.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 547
- 91% of 600 places
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 32.2%
- First language not English
- 14.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 71 families put the school first and 115 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 115 | 71 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 81 | 74 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 114 | 77 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 117 | 65 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 112 | 109 | 1 | 97% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 38.8, and 34% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Cambridgeshire it was 48.1, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼38.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼34.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼52.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼24.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.48 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 140881)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 19.8 | +2.5 |
| Sixth form college | 14.9 | −7.8 |
| Further education | 43.6 | +7.2 |
| Other education | 2 | +1.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 4 | −0.5 |
| Employment | 3 | −4.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.9 | −2.1 |
| Activity not captured | 5 | +4.1 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Vista Academy Littleport on 18 November 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 18 Nov 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Mar 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 140881), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2022Inadequate
Quality of education Inadequate Behaviour and attitudes Inadequate Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 140881)
What parents said
81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (106 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 81%
- Positive
- 70%
- Replies
- 106
- 20% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on 30 parents (28%) whose child was bullied
based on 45 parents (42%) with SEND