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Swavesey Village College | |
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Address | |
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Gibraltar Lane , , CB24 4RS | |
Coordinates | 52°17′41″N0°00′20″W / 52.2947°N 0.0055°W |
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Type | Secondary School |
Established | 1958 |
Founder | Henry Morris |
Department for Education URN | 136580 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Headteacher | Jim Stavrou [1] |
Gender | Mixed |
Age range | 11-16 |
Number of students | 1245 |
Houses | Brunel, Cavendish, Newton, Orwell, Pendleton, Wilberforce |
Website | swaveseyvc.co.uk |
Swavesey Village College is a village college and academy school in the village of Swavesey in south Cambridgeshire, England. In 2011, Swavesey Village College became an Academy and established the Cambridge Meridian Academies Trust. [2] [3]
As of 2020, the school had 1,292 students. [4] The school was officially opened on 14 November 1958. [5]
The school has a major intake from the surrounding villages Bar Hill, Over, Papworth Everard, Longstanton and Fenstanton. A few other villages are Fen Drayton, Hilton, Boxworth, Elsworth, Lolworth and Willingham, however not as many students come from these schools. [6]
On 11 June 2008, Swavesey Village College became a foundation school within the Swavesey Village College Educational Trust. [7] On 1 April 2011, Swavesey Village College became an academy. [8] The school also has specialisms in science and languages.
Swavesey Village College received a comment of 'outstanding in every respect' from the Ofsted inspectors. [9] The school achieved full marks in every category in the Ofsted report.
In 2021, Swavesey Village College was awarded world-class school status, joining a network of 120 schools in the UK. The quality mark, which is awarded by education charity, world-class schools quality mark (WCSQM), uses an assessment framework to evaluate students on their demonstration and application of world-class skills and competencies. Swavesey Village College was one of 13 secondary schools and eight primary schools to be awarded the quality mark in 2021. [10] [11]
The school is able to accept students with learning disabilities including autism. [12]